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Do The Babies and Mac know Each Other?

2 by Mac Demarco
We all need a little Mac Demarco in our lives. It’s always a good thing when simplicity in song writing prevails and lets the good guys win. Don’t criticise this album for not moving away from one sound, the sound is cool enough for us all to appreciate. He knows what he is doing with his pretty little guitar licks, and his basic but witty word play is all combined in a playful manner. Demarco isn’t that serious and he is in love, his songs reflect that. Dealing with depreciation and mundanities is a hallmark of slacker music, but Demarco does it as sweet as anyone. This one will be big in Melbourne. 

Heavily Spaced by Each Other
So in an interview Mac Demarco mentioned these guys so I took his word and checked ‘em out. Nice one Mac!  The threesome from Montreal make ramshackle art pop.They are not big enough to have smoothed their edges and this really works for them. The new EP doesn’t give you time to settle in and it may take a few listens to become familiar with individual songs, but I certainly heard something I liked on first encounter. It may just be the multiple vocalists. But nah it’s more than that. Each other create obvious melodies within well-constructed pop songs while making it sound as if it is all thrown together in haste. Have a listen and then wait in anticipation for their next release. 

Our House On The Hill by The Babies
The Babies return and I like it. Let’s not pussy foot, this band is driven by Kevin Morby, bass player of Woods and Cassie Ramone, guitarist in Vivian Girls. This album was released on Woodsist. You could be forgiven for thinking that The Babies epitomise Brooklyn cool, all garage and no fucks given. But instead Our House On The Hill opens its arms and invites you into the scene. Like their first effort, this album is built around simple garage tunes. But the sound expands here, not for the stadium but for the home. They aren’t even trying to be cool. The chemistry between the two friends is a joy.  There is genuine warmth. The Babies will never surpass either of the major projects related to this band, neither in popularity or artistry, but with this album they cement themselves in the current garage canon.

2012
11/24
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Ocean Pageants and the King of all Smiles

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Social Clubs by The Ocean Party
The second album this year from the Melbourne locals. It would be easy to dismiss as just another ‘underground’ Aus release with that lackadaisical, jangle sound complete with down-to-earth observations on what it is to be a young Australian (musician). But as it normally goes, quality lets The Ocean Party walk alone and be noticed. I was drawn to them by previous single In A Knot. Lachlan Denton Australian drawls over a sly guitar line and then the chorus slows it up and lets the harmonious melody do its work. Its effect is immediate and while nothing else on album stands out as potently on first listen, other qualities soon become apparent. There are no bad songs, and while they are all similar, each track is distinguishable. There are melodic and lyrical gems to be found in each song, no matter how little effort each respective vocalist put in to song. Favourite tracks keep emerging, but for the moment mine is Locusts- pessimistic, but that’s okay because the music is oh so warm. It’s strangely touching. 

Dark Before Blonde Dawn by Pageants
I think Pageants could be something a bit special. They are a bit noisier than your quintessential Aussie slacker types- there is a bit of American alternative in there. I like that they have backing vox- real ones. I like that the lyrics are outside the box, sometimes striking on strangely familiar imagery. I am not sure who writes them, Ben Pell sings the majority of songs but on seeing them live I know that other guitarist Ian Wallace sings lead on a few songs. I need to buy the album to see the bit where it says “All lyrics written by …”. Anyway it’s a great album. I will just embed it via soundcloud for you. Every other piece of writing on them mentions that they label themselves Sandalgaze, so now that I have mentioned that portmanteau I am done.

 

For My Dad by Pearly Whites

Hobart three-piece. An interesting project. 2 bros and a friend. Three guys singing at you in beautiful Australian accents over some funky backing and some great  sampling choices – Two Hands and NBA Jam? Free mixtape on bandcamp. Here is  nice review from powerbitch of the track Brainless Dickless taken from their unearthed page: “I’m friends with them so here is a good review I did.”

Singles

Happy Psychopathic Dream by King Carousel
The new single from the young  Hobartians. It is a bit of step away from their self-released debut LP from last year, which featured an array of sounds that fell broadly under the guise of pop. Their was definitely a spark there, confident and catchy, but this single shows truly how they can best capture their penchant  for layered, ambitious pop music. It bodes well for a future long player release. 

2012
10/29
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Today’s Favourites: Grizzly Bear in the Woods at Echo Lake

Wild Peace by Echo Lake
This album is one for close listening. It’s a dream-pop debut from a London-based group. The thing is, while all the dream aspects are there – reverb-drenched soundscapes, ethereal vocals, et cetera – some may struggle to find the pop. With only one ear turned towards it, Wild Peace can sound structureless, with nothing to hold onto once it has disappeared out of ear shot. If on listening to the album this is how you feel about it, have another listen, this time closer, go on, do it, really give it a fair go, spend a little quality time with Wild Peace. If this advice is followed then it is possible to find some little pop gems. Blind Can See is pretty obvs, with the chorus repeatedly driven home. The same can be said  for In Dreams (still a great track). But what really gives this album some depth is the beautiful layering of Linda Jarvis’ vocals.  When it is done just right, like on tracks Another Day and Last Song Of  The Year, and matched by Thom Hill’s guitar work, their music matches that of any of the great artists of the genre. 

Bend Beyond by Woods
Two albums ago, these New Yorkers named their record At Echo Lake. The first track was Blood Dries Darker, my close to perfect introduction to the band. But now we arrive at their seventh album, one which may garner them a few more fans. The psychie, folkie, rockie music that these guys make slots fairly often into pop song mode. Jeremy Earl’s falsetto-happy vocals provide melodies that get snagged suddenly onto hooks that others should have caught onto long ago. Like many bands, Woods likes to have a jam – you know, let things play out a little. In the case of Bend Beyond they seem to distill their pop elements by keeping the jam habit to a minimum. But it’s really cool because there is still texture here, and a meandering instrumental track like Cascade doesn’t stick out because the tracks are full of interesting psych sounds. It’s no classic, because not all the tracks hit the high marks of the first three cuts or Impossible Sky, but I really do love the sound of this band.

Shields by Grizzly Bear
Just as Woods honed their sound on Bend Beyond, Grizzly Bear have added some authentic warmth to their latest record, Shields. Up until this point in their career their intricate and fascinating songs have granted them a substantial following among independent music followers. There have been some complaints though that it was all a bit soulless. Their last album Veckitamest was my entry point- an album where everything works and sounds great but based solely on its prettiness wasn’t able to find a home in the part of my heart where I keep my favourite albums. Shields rectifies this, from when the opening guitar crashes in for Sleeping Ute to the last piano melody trickling away on Sun In Your Eyes, it is an album that fully utilises the three dimensions available to us in our world. In an insightful feature from p4k, the band explain that they aimed to make the songs mean something, lyrically, musically, et cetera. This is important to me, unless the song is Sugar Sugar or something similarly perfect. There are still times when the Brooklyn boys get a bit caught up in the pomp – some of the slower movements stall, while other times they help to build the anticipation beautifully – it’s a fine line.  But for the most part, the grandiose sweeps are affecting and the production immaculate. A slow burner for one of the best of the year. Hopefully the boys can make some money out of it.

2012
10/08
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Today’s Favourites: Kylie’s Bad Dreems – Five Degrees of Separation

Bad//Dreems
A jangle jangle four-piece from Adelaide. They have a penchant for sharing rad music through the social networking service known as facebook. But that’s not why they have found their way on to our humble blog. They are the beginning of the chain of Australian artists that will lead to the one and only Kylie Minogue, and I bet these lads don’t even know how close they are. They say they got all the Flying Nun influences and The Go-Betweens and other classic Aussies which are bloody great influences to have, but apparently the Sea Scouts  are also important to the band, which is just great. They have a couple of singles floating around which are both worthy of your time (produced by that man Jack Farley (Twerps). You can hear their new one, Too Old through Spotify. Simply dour but excellent lyrics, accompanied by the best in chiming guitars and melodic bass work. 

Old Mate
So the tenuous link here is that like Bad//Dreems, these guys are from Adelaide. I guess some members from each band may know each other, it’d be great if they did. Old Mate is a terrific name for a band and is led by Pat Telfer. He deadpans over decidedly raw yet effective musicianship, sharing similar dreary themes with a couple of other bands featured in this post. When music is this honest it pierces through all the other hyped bullshit that runs rich through the veins of the blogosphere (this blog included). We all experience the monotony of the regimented world, but Old Mate gives us a reason to celebrate it. You can hear their Word Is Bond tape on their bandcamp. 

Bitch Prefect
Mr. Old Mate himself plays with these guys, providing the beats for twin guitarist/vocalists Scott O’Hara (formerly of True Radical Miracle) and Liam Kenny (Kitchen’s Floor). The band started in Adelaide but now all three members (or just two, not sure) are livin’ it up in warehouse in Northcote, Melboune, Australia (or at least they were at some point this year). After an EP last year , they released an album a couple of months ago. Produced by that man Jack Farley, Big Time is a bunch of simple songs with catchy melodies that aren’t about making it big at all. Instead the lyrics  would be a little humdrum if they weren’t infused with some refreshingly dry wit. I saw these guys live for their album launch, and they just played, no fuss like, and it was strangely moving. Their chord progressions, riffs and solos seemed so lazy but they just hit the sweet spot in my chest. Anyway enough of that shit.

Peak Twins
My standouts for today. Liam Kenny shares vocal duties with Wolf and Cub’s Joel Carey and man they work well together. Again, it’s very simple, sparse even, but as Carey carries the melody, Kenny shadows him with his high whine and it works wonders. They’re keeping a pretty low profile on the net but checkout their bandcamp for some of their older tunes and their tumblr for photos and Pat Telfer produced videos. Their songs are bittersweet and understatedly atmospheric. What really won me over was their cover of Needles And Pins (Spotify). A song that introduced to me by my dad’s Best Of British tape, Peak Twins bring out the aches missed in earlier versions but retain that perfect 60s melody. Don’t get me wrong though, Peak Twins write damn fine pop songs. 

Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
This is the sound of Craig Dermody, or one of his sounds at least. A couple of  years back he had that man Jack Farley produce Para Vista Social Club, his début LP. A record focussing on Dermody’s personal experiences of his life in Melbourne. It earned him some critical acclaim and then he shot off to New York to live life to the fullest while he is still young and creative. Thankfully he recorded some new songs with some NYC-based musicians and released them on a split with Peak Twins. It is one of my favourite albums so far this year. Dermody writes literally and personally but in doing so captures what it means to live in a (relatively) large Australian city. Stream the album on Spotify.

Kylie
It was the TV moment of a generation. Long before she was droppin’ hits like this Kylie Minogue was Charlene Robinson of Ramsay St.

Now she’s a bloody icon.

2012
09/27
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Today’s Favourites 21/09/2012

Mature Themes by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
Ariel Pink makes all sorts of weird lyrical references in his songs. I am sure some of his lines must pop into his head attached to a melody and he doesn’t bother changing them. Sometimes this works wonders and sometimes it doesn’t really mean much. In comparison to his 2010 mainstream-hipster breakthrough Before Today, Mature Themes works less wonders. Yet Pink’s latest album still contains some great moments and is a lot of fun to listen to. He has pretty much highlighted two songs that he hasn’t inserted much weirdness into and has just let the melody and structure compel the listener. These are Only In My Dreams and his cover of Donnie and Joe Emmerson’s Baby. The rest of the tracks are given the full Ariel Pink treatment, some benefit from this and others are listenable but only memorable for their zaniness.

 

 

 

There’s No Leaving Now by The Tallest Man On Earth
Though his claims to being the Tallest Man on Earth are unfounded, Kristian Matsson has continued to build up an impressive song repertoire since his initial EP release in 2006. He may be a reclusive Swede but letting your music speak for itself isn’t a bad idea if  you are able to consistently produce songs of excellence. There are some extra sounds on this album that weren’t there on Matsson’s previous releases, but his voice and guitar still remain the central focus. He has the Bob Dylan phrasing down to a tee and he is able to produce great songs using those techniques. What I am always waiting for in one of his songs is a moment that invokes an involuntary emotional response from me. There are a few songs on There’s No Leaving Now that come  without this spark and leave as pleasant acquaintances. Others I think will become long-term friends of mine. 

 

 

 

 

Love This Giant by St. Vincent and David Byrne
I am a big fan of what Annie Clark has done as St. Vincent and of course David Byrne is David Byrne, front man of Talking Heads and influential art rock overlord. So I hear they are collaborating and I am not overly joyous. Instead I just hope it isn’t a let down. It’s not by the way. Their two individual styles work very well together and there is no domination from either, partly due to the fact that much of the album’s instrumentation is provided by a horn section. It’s by no means the best album of the year but it is entirely satisfactory. There aren’t a whole heap of readily accessible tracks but I don’t think Love This Giant was conceived to breed such music. Besides if you spend some time with these songs they really start to show you their true worth, the refrains eventually click into your consciousness. Both Byrne and Clark are comfortable enough to work off each other in true collaboration and don’t play down their musical idiosyncrasies. The only problem is that when two artists of such quality get together, it is very hard for them to bring out the best in each other, simply because their previous works have set such a high standard.

 

2012
09/21
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Today’s Favourites 05/09/2012

Albums

Nocturne by Wild Nothing
Jack Tatum, boy wonder. Well he is 21. But this is his second album. He goes by the super sneaky musical code name of Wild Nothing. Nocturne has been spoken about in the press as a proper album, consistent throughout. Apparently this was Mr. Nothing’s plan all along. And yeah it is nice and cohesive and listenable in its long form. But it is also lacks some of the immediacy of his first album. So it took me a while, but now I have come round.  It’s part dream, part rollicking pop, part 80s sheen. A winning combo. 

Life Is People by Bill Fay
What a story. Quick, someone please make a movie out of this, exaggerate and fabricate if you must, but get it on celluloid. It can simply be called Ray, and Bill can be played by Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx. Bill Fay released two albums in the 70s on Deram but the mud didn’t stick and he found himself not as a great singer-songwriter but as an old man with a tiny cult following (I am not sure if he has lived a desolate and tormented life, but it would be great for the film if he has done). Fortunately amongst his fans were some pretty influential people, not least Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. With a little help from those he influenced he brought out an unreleased third album in 2005 and another of old and new material in 2010. Buoyed by this, Bill is back as a 69 Y.O.with Life Is People (Probably a better name for the film). I do not know if these songs have been brewing for years but as an album it is as refined as any other.  There is magic interwoven amongst the tracks.They hit you right in the soul and you are  a better person for it.

Singles

Size Meets The Sound by Woods
These New Yorkers are pretty prolific when it comes to releasing (quality) music. They release albums every year. Last years Sun And Shade wasn’t their best effort but this single sounds excellent.  Psyched and catchy in your face. Heaps of good instrument stuff going on in here. A nice noisy last half as well. The new album Bend Beyond is out 18 September.

2012
09/05
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Today’s Favourite’s 15/08/2012

Albums

Undersea by The Antlers
I like The Antlers. I like them a lot. Peter Silberman’s musical mind is a marvel. It is not often an EP with a 22 and half-minute run-time can explore emotional and sonic depths as satisfyingly as a full length release. Whether this is a stepping stone to the next album or something else unto itself, it does not matter, Undersea continues a near faultless run since Silberman was joined by percussionist Michael Lerner and many-instrumentalist Darby Cicci for 2009’s Hospice. This music isn’t joyous, it retains the familiar undercurrent of melancholy, however it’s not as unnerving as past material. A worthy addition to any music library, all for the price of a small cabbage.

Take The Kids Off Broadway by Foxygen
I know this is another EP, but I don’t want to hear any murmurs of discontent. It’s not short. It is great though. Sam France and Jonathan Rado are long-time musical comrades, producing plenty of bedroom tapes during their relatively short lives. Take The Kids Off Broadway was originally released last year and then Jagjaguwar picked it up and re-leased it this year. The whole thing kinda sounds like dialling between radio stations and picking up little snippets of songs. Except that would be annoying and this works and all the sounds mould really well together. It is like one big pastiche. They borrow motifs and melodies and sometimes sound a whole heap like Mick Jagger and sometimes more like Bowie. The mix is all over the place. If you can stomach it the first time then it just keeps tasting better the more you eat (hear).

Singles

She Owns The Streets by The Raveonettes
The Raveonettes have a really cool dynamic going on. Boy/girl noise pop. Danish. This is the second single before their new album Observator comes out September 11. It sounds to me like a jingle-jangle Stone Roses. It has all the symptoms of a ripper song and it is darn contagious. Repetitive and easy and gorgeous.

Amnesia by Dead Can Dance
The first track released from their new album Anastasis, which is their first since Spiritchaser 16 years ago. The duo originated in Australia but Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry made the most of this modern era of transnational movement and their music has often reflected their various geographical influences. On Amnesia it is a pretty familiar western sound, but the way Brendan Perry’s vocals build is magnificent.

2012
08/22
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Today’s Favourites 08/08/2012: Geelong Rock City

I don’t know what it is about Geelong but the place has produced at least  four current bands that play great garage revival stuff. Let’s have a quick look at each.

The Murlocs
So coincidentally these guys have just released their second EP of 2012 just as I was about to write about them. It is destiny and just because I am a believer they have been gifted the lead off spot for today’s blog post. They have only been around for just over a year but their sound is straight out of the sixties. Catchy bluesy-garage stuff. Praise is heaped on frontman Ambrose  Kenny-Smith who has great grimy pipes and some clever sounding lyrics which are only there if you care to listen. Just for some context he plays harp in King Gizzard and is the son of Dingoes member Broderick Smith. Probably the best thing about these guys is that they are properly accessible and you don’t need to be into the original bands who played music like this to dig what they are doing. Here is a link to their bandcamp. The new one is Tee Pee (Eddie Current’s Mikey Young with a another recording credit). Man the harmonica sounds good.

Bonniwells
In the spirit of today’s theme these guys are also from Geelong, except they were all born in New Zealand. Still sounds like the 60s though. Their music is a bit looser and lo-fi. It’s cool though because it sounds good despite it seeming like they aren’t really trying. They’re just jamming. Three awesome guys who are just jamming. They’ve also got a new album out called Sneezeweed. Again head to their bandcamp for a listen and a buy if you are that way inclined. I’m a pretty big fan of Elk Beat as a song and as representation of what Bonniwells are about. Really great riffing and twin vocals. Album closer I Smiled Yesterday is kinda bittersweet and if you can hear past the scrappy aesthetic then you will find it is a great tune. These guys sound really together and the type of band you would want to join yourself.

The Frowning Clouds
The scene’s eldest brother. Guitarist/helpful singer Zak Olsen actually plays drums in Bonniwells. They sound as if they’re from the sixties. Their music is all infectious and happy-go-lucky and like The Kinks and there are a heap of great harmonies. The Frowning Clouds have been around for a while and have received deserved recognition. They did a short tour of Europe last year and managed to release a full length, Listen Closelier in 2010 thanks to Spanish label Saturno Records. A spate of singles has come since then. Their new album is out within the next couple of months and in some interviews they have hinted at some slight artistic growth, which I welcome. I saw these guys launch their new 7″ Propellers/Bad Vibes recently and they have talent to burn and a great cohesion within the band. I reckon they can take their sound further and be a real top act because they just have that special ability to write memorable songs.

The Living Eyes
These guys may be the youngest of the lot. Though they might not be. It’s so cool just to listen to them and imagine what it would be like living in the 60s. More garagy than the Frowners, less so than Bonniwells and less R&B influenced than The Murlocs but probably the band most likely to wind-up on the Nuggets compilation if we lived in a parallel universe in which present day Geelong was the influential Mecca for raw edged bands inspired by the beat explosion amongst other things. Livin’ is a great song which can be heard here thanks to Saturno Records (thank you Frowning Clouds) and here is a great video proving that they are young and very awesome.

2012
08/08
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Today’s Favourite’s 26/07/2012

Today’s Playlist

Albums

The Idler Wheel… by Fiona Apple
I am not sure what draws me to this album. It hasn’t really got hooks and if you know me, then you know I love my music served with plenty of enticing melodic lovelies.  Heaps of other people like it though which gives validity to my enjoyment. And I mean heaps. I have never seen so many positive adjectives  in the Critical Reception heading of an album’s wikipedia page. As a pretty shallow music listener/consumer I was worried that I only liked it because I was supposed to. I love lead single Every Single Night because it is a great song with nice dynamics and is sung really interestingly. Actually that is why I like the rest of the album as well. Fiona is a gifted singer who gets the most from her voice and her songs, and producer Charley Drayton provides some nice eccentric flourishes and subtleties which only serve to support Ms Apple.  The songs are kinda weird but not forced and it’s pretty cool there are still musicians like Fiona Apple whose album can debut at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. I also love the way she smiles at the end of the Every Single Night Video after a pretty  intense performance throughout. Here is her doing Let Me Roll It by Paul McCartney which is one of my favourites of his solo work cos it sounds like a Lennon song. It is not on the album but you should listen to that definitely.

Oshin by Diiv
You will either like it or you will not like it. They’re from Brooklyn. They look like thisA lot of the album is instrumental but this song has a noticeable vocal refrain 
Are you still with me?
It’s beautiful isn’t it?
For more like it I recommend listening to Oshin in full thrice daily.

Candy Flu by The Walking Who
These guys cite the Brian Jonestown Massacre as an influence which is nice and apt because they certainly sound like ’96 era BJM (probably a bit more rocking on some tracks). But hey, the songs are great and I don’t care about the derivative nature of new music. Like I said the songs are great, and why not use a winning sound as a starting point. These guys are from Wollongong, NSW, Australia and this is their second release from  late 2011.  They are unsigned which is probably a good thing for now because you can get their music for free. Another album or EP will drop soon. For now have a really close listen to the great songs.

Singles

Apocalypse Dreams by Tame Impala
This isn’t the single, Elephant is. But this one I am more familiar with. It was released a couple of weeks ago to promote the new Tame Impala LP Lonerism which was finished in Paris where Tame main man Kevin Parker chilled out, wrote and recorded, met Melody Prochet, took her back to Perth,  produced her Melody’ Echo Chamber project (which is like a more melody focused Tame Impala, hahah), then got Dave Fridmann to come in and mix it. Obvs I can’t speak for the whole album but this song is big and catchy and non-linear, with a lush (haha), full sound that makes me so excited for the album. Apparently this album is what Kevin Parker wanted to do for Innerspeaker, and now with fanboys like me salivating over the prospect, he bloody well can.

Gun Has No Trigger by Dirty Projectors
This song reminds me of Happiness Is a Warm Gun. That song uses the words gun and trigger within its lyrics but I think it is more the backing vox and also the Beatles’ bass going on. It works well for me, better than the other songs on the album which these guys just released, Swing Lo Magellan. It is simple and I like how obvious it is that the chorus line is coming because a word rhyming with trigger is worked into the lyrics.

2012
07/26
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Today’s Favourites 16/07/2012

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Albums

Bloom by Beach House
This one was released all the way back in May but is firming up as one of my favourites of the year. Following on from their big 2010 break through in Teen Dream which built on some steady momentum from their previous albums, Bloom will probably find itself on many end-of-year ‘best of’ lists. Which is what music is all about, obviously. This album is not much different to what we have heard before  from the duo, and that is where its beauty lies. Beach House know and love dream pop and any departure from their signature would be messin’ with a great thing. Each song on Bloom is designed to maximise the strength of Victoria Legrand’s vocal melodies. This is perfectly effective. The one dimensional nature of their sound works for them. It’s not tricking you with any hidden context. It’s just bliss.


Heaven by The Walkmen
Another album released a little while ago but I like it still. Everyone makes mention of the fact that everyone likes the The Rat which was released like 8 years ago, and you won’t find a song like that on Heaven because it contains adult themes (still only a PG rating, because these adult themes deal with realising what love actually means and coming to terms with the shortcomings in your life). So yeah these guys are now ‘indie veterans’, but Hamilton Leithauser still has a great voice and he uses  it all over this record. Maybe a bit too much sometimes, because there as per these guys have a great sound  going on and sometimes Leithauser distracts from that. But for the most part it is great and awesome and I can’t wait to hear how they rework  The Rat on their next album.


Singles

Bloody Ripper by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Didn’t do much for me on first listen.  Later,  it came on the radio and played in the background while my friends and I chatted about the zoo visit we were returning from. By the next listen I loved it. A short and simple refrain hook and enough natural energy to cut carbon emissions 25% by 2020. Great title too.

 

Take A Walk by Passion Pit
One of three songs released before their new album Gossamer. At the mo, it is my pick of ’em, probably just because I have heard it more. The new album comes out July 24

 

Runaways by The Killers
It’s all grandiose and full of Springsteen-isms. Maybe a whole album would be too much but for the moment this works for me just fine. Soon to crack a million views on the tube, the boys are back in favour.

2012
07/16
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