She Say Go comprises of six songs in all and each in its own way a complete winner. Moore who takes the lead vocal on the opener Little Libertine has a sultry velvet voice that is reminisent of Chrissie Hynde at times, full of silky confidence and knowing innocence, you can almost taste the crimson lipstick as she purrs into the microphone. The song itself is straight forward, like early riff driven Kinks, but it knows where its going, and how to get there in style. The playing is effortlessly cool, controlled swaggering pop splattered with a rock attitude, nothing is wasted, the guitar spits out down and dirty riffs like tears on a sixties dance floor. Chojnacki takes lead on She Say Go a more complex pop anthem that comes on like the Fountains of Wayne pretending to be The Greenberry Woods and getting away with it. His singing voice is perfect power pop, honeyed and bright, the song and playing are memorably winning. Michael Caine is perfectly formed hook laden popsike driven by a sheet of buzzing west coast guitars and deliciously smart arse lyrics that could sit easily on a Rock Four or Pillbugs album, it is that good. Moore brings some wistfully gentle vocals to the prettiest song of the six Clever Girl a delightful acoustic washed gem with an utterly charming melodic twist for a chorus before they put back on the rock n’roll creepers again for Song About You. It’s the sort of clever bass rumbling, burning guitar rock pop with tongue in cheek attitude that R. Stevie Moore would be proud of. Finally comes Thirteen Steps a cascading pop joy, with a melodically complex arrangement and leap into the sky playing that is impossible not to adore. Short but very, very sweet indeed She Say Go marks The Birdinumnums as a shining new light on the powerpop scene
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