Single Review- Peace and the Presidents, 'It's Only Money', Released January 25th

Peace and the Presidents reveal how awful it is when artists start bandwagon-jumping. Their debut single called 'It's Only Money' is, naturally, about the credit crunch. It aspires to demonstrate a voguish mix of politics and music in the mould of M.I.A. but falls far short. The lyrics are hardly revolutionary - “The best things are free.” Move over Marx! - and there is a vocoder effect not unlike the type Cher gave up using a decade ago. It's all rather Eurovision - only without the camp comedy value.

2/5

Craig Purshouse

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