Famy – ‘We Fam Econo’

We’re not sure what the late Minutemen frontman D Boon would make of Famy. Their debut album puns feebly on the line ”We jam econo” from the ’80s punk band’s song ‘The Politics Of Time’, but sounds more like Mumford & Sons. In fairness to the west London outfit, ‘We Fam Econo’ also borrows from Animal Collective in their avant-folkie phase and, on artful standout ‘Eileen’, mid-period Cure. But punk? Not a bit of it: file this one next to Local Natives and any number of bands who think banging their drumsticks together in vaguely ‘tribal’ fashion – as Famy do on the flimsy ‘Donkey’ – is the quintessence of forward-thinking in modern-day indie music.