Insecure Men

AlbumFeb 23 / 201811 songs, 43m 32s
Neo-Psychedelia
Noteable

In many ways Insecure Men - the band led by the fiercely talented songwriter and musician Saul Adamczewski and his schoolmate and stabilising influence, Ben Romans-Hopcraft - are the polar opposite of the Fat White Family. Whereas sleaze-mired, country-influenced, drug-crazed garage punks the Fat Whites are a “celebration of everything that is wrong in life”, Insecure Men, who blend together exotica, easy listening, lounge and timeless pop music, are, by comparison at least, the last word in wholesomeness.

Fat White Family guitarist Saul Adamczewski recovers from a rough few years with 'Insecure Men', a pop-flavoured shot at redemption.

The project of Fat White Family guitarist Saul Adamczewski and longtime friend Ben Romans-Hopcraft (frontman of the band Childhood), Britain's Insecure Men combine truckloads of homespun pop whimsy and pleasantly drippy psych-lite balladry on their self-titled debut.

8 / 10

Originating as a solo endeavour, Insecure Men sees Fat White Family’s Saul Adamczewski and Childhood’s frontman Ben Romans-Hopcraft coming

7 / 10

Some grim fascinations are explored on Insecure Men's self-titled debut album - Saul Adamczewski must be feeling himself again.

Asked to leave Fat White Family due to addiction issues, Saul Ademczewski cleaned up, convened with Childhood’s Ben Romans-Hopcraft, and made an album of hope and horror