SuperFood´s debut album Don´t Say That is here, released through Infectious Music, a particularly apt name considering that SuperFood are writhing with infected, bad lyrics but also the infectious energy that in the end provides the aural nutrition (a type of sonic goji berry) to just about make everything alright, sort of. An antibiotic to the modern world that is a bit of a placebo, their lyrics will circle your head and their sounds will dominate your body, merely a host to their sound, which will dance, contort and, quite often, feel a little exhausted by the whole process. It´s all quite cathartic though.

Quirky track titles like Lily For Your Pad To Rest On' provide equally odd, acrobatic and clever lyrics that sometimes slide into pure, not wholly unwelcome, madness: “I got friends, I got something to eat”. The album is crazy, dominated by bouncing, slouching Supergrass sounds with a little Blur.  'Lily For Your Pad To Rest On' notably employs a sitar to funky effect: this is clearly music to dance to, and music made to resplendently sweep over crowds.

The following tracks 'You Can Believe' and 'Superfood' place Superfood as Britpop revivalists whose melodic thread and very blood-lineage can be traced back to The Beatles. It´s not all Britpop-inspired though, with notes of early Vines and Radiohead occasionally creeping in to alter the atmosphere. A lethargic '90s atmosphere does however dominate, rising to its zenith in 'Don´t Say That', initially found among the first tracks springy guitars, occasional heart-attack pace beats and percussive claps that scream forth the “fun” of a roller-coaster ride catered to the young or young at heart. In the anthemic 'Superfood' the complaint “You´re alwaysss hungree, leave the house when you´ve had enough” howls out as childish complaint, and “I  talk to leaves ‘cause I haven’t got any friends" is proclaimed by frontman Dom Ganderton. The lyrics are contrived but fun: often the sound sweeps over the sense. That stated, “cold and ice and rain and snow I thought I´d let you know that I´m not coming back for winter”, appearing in the same track and uttered as one, is semantically striking and lyrically beautiful when rendered in Ganderton´s dulcet tones

Pop-culture and Britpop pomp is everywhere, and everywhere is softened by the sweet and bittersweet tonal alterations of Ganderton. Occassionally lines like “I can never sleep without the TV on” and “who turned off the TV, it wasn´t you or me?” provoke laughter. The track 'TV' is marked with an elongated vocal and Jackson Pollock guitar riffs, and is one of Don’t Say That‘s richest offerings and bulges with irony.  'Pallasades' is cute and light-hearted but forgettable, with the weaker tracks of the album feeling backwards-facing, blocking ingenuity, though still quite fun.

The two short but sweet instrumental tracks are the mother's-little-helpers of this album, with ‘I’ and ‘II’ being pills that need to be popped, acting as much needed album breathers that add refreshment and elements of improvisation to what must be remembered is a 2014 release. To dance to, this is a five star album, but to listen to, Don´t Say That falls flat, with its most powerful moments being rather incredible and its weaker moments making me feel like a chaise lounge. At the start I noted that it is all quite cathartic, but one cannot help but feel that the infection was given to me and then healed by the giver in a move that's hardly progressive. Ultimately, this is just a fun placebo album.