Best New Music: Old Money – Poshzilla

Hampstead is not often thought of as a hot bed of musical activity but the recent emergence of trustafarian guffawcore outfits such as I Simply Must Have A Pony and Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa! are certainly causing a commotion up on the heath. The latest addition to the scene is posh rockers Old Money.

This is their first official album and it seems only fit that it be released on the godfather of guffawcore, Lord Smith Smyth Smith’s independent label Room For A Pony Records, and was produced by none other than Hampstead’s own Caruthers Fairchild at the extremely expensive Faberge Studio.
The album makes use of expensive modern day field recording techniques to incorporate ‘every-day’ sounds such as James Hewitt’s ginger son cracking a spiffing good hit of the ball at the recent England vs United Arab Emirates polo friendly and front man Byron Chatterley burning 50 pound notes. In a recent interview Byron stated there was too much cheap sounding music being released. He went on to explain that advancements in computer recording were an abomination and allowing ‘just about any old rotter’ to record music was “simply not cricket”.

The music on the record clearly benefits from the high quality recording techniques employed in its making. Tracks like Cretin and Foie Gras jump out at the listener immediately making you feel like you need to call them sir or madam. Indeed by the end of the epic Holiday Where Ever I Want I was on my knees scrubbing the floor and willing to hold its cock for it while it pissed.

Powerful stuff.

Reviewed by miniGMgoit