Featuring The Invisible, When Saints Go Machine, 2:54...
So that was summer.
Remember those three days of sunshine we had? The freckles, the redness, the aftersun... that was it. Over. Done. FINISHED.
Don't get too glum, though, for we've still got a great big box of single releases to plough through. So just close the blinds, turn up the radiators and start streaming these handy lil YouTube embeds.
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Single Of The Week
2:54 – Creeping
2:54 released their self-titled debut album earlier this year, casting themselves as purveyors of wonderfully fragmented Gothic pop. If you haven’t fallen under their spell then ‘Creeping’ is as good an introduction as any, distilling their noir laden songwriting into one chunk. The guitars seem to wheeze and collapse, grinding against one another like spent machinery. An oddly mechanistic sounding single, but ultimately one that won’t be forgotten quickly.
2:54 - Creeping
...and the rest.
Igor Volk – Voice
Sometimes it’s best to review things blind. No idea who Igor Volk is, but I imagine him to be some reclusive Russian producer, only now earning praise after the fall of Communism. Of course, that’s probably wide of the mark but ‘Voice’ is a slick piece of oddball funk – all mid 80s synths, plonky bass lines and wonderfully pretentious lyrics. It actually sounds a bit like Kindness, on which note...
Kindness – House
Ah, the wonderful world of the spoken word introduction. Adam Bainbridge uses ‘House’ as an opportunity to extol his views on the subject of pop music, throwing down an upper age limit (a mere 25) and jamming on down with a small child. It’s fun, if a bit disconcerting.
Kindness - House
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The Futureheads – Beeswing
Another a capella effort from The Futureheads. Previous readers might note that I’m not exactly partial to their vocal experiments, but ‘Beeswing’ works better than most. It’s fun and gently left field but still reminds me of those barbershop jokes in ‘Scrubs’.
When Saints Go Machine – Mannequin
There’s not exactly a shortage of dark, damaged electronic pop coming out of Scandinavia right now but When Saints Go Machine are better than most. ‘Mannequin’ is an oddly beautiful piece of music – jarring, yet nudged along gently. The video is well worth exploring, with visual team Intense crafting something which is links superbly with those Antony Hegarty-esque vocals.
When Saints Go Machine - Mannequin
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Kate Nash - Under-Estimate The Girl
The career of Kate Nash has always seen the singer walk the tightrope between acclaim and derision. Sad to report, then, that 'Under-Estimate The Girl' finds Nash losing her balance, falling ingloriously off said rope and into a vat of bullshit so foul smelling and deep that it will take a long time to clean.
Kate Nash - Under-Estimate The Girl
Remember those three days of sunshine we had? The freckles, the redness, the aftersun... that was it. Over. Done. FINISHED.
Don't get too glum, though, for we've still got a great big box of single releases to plough through. So just close the blinds, turn up the radiators and start streaming these handy lil YouTube embeds.
- - -
Single Of The Week
2:54 – Creeping
2:54 released their self-titled debut album earlier this year, casting themselves as purveyors of wonderfully fragmented Gothic pop. If you haven’t fallen under their spell then ‘Creeping’ is as good an introduction as any, distilling their noir laden songwriting into one chunk. The guitars seem to wheeze and collapse, grinding against one another like spent machinery. An oddly mechanistic sounding single, but ultimately one that won’t be forgotten quickly.
2:54 - Creeping
...and the rest.
Igor Volk – Voice
Sometimes it’s best to review things blind. No idea who Igor Volk is, but I imagine him to be some reclusive Russian producer, only now earning praise after the fall of Communism. Of course, that’s probably wide of the mark but ‘Voice’ is a slick piece of oddball funk – all mid 80s synths, plonky bass lines and wonderfully pretentious lyrics. It actually sounds a bit like Kindness, on which note...
Kindness – House
Ah, the wonderful world of the spoken word introduction. Adam Bainbridge uses ‘House’ as an opportunity to extol his views on the subject of pop music, throwing down an upper age limit (a mere 25) and jamming on down with a small child. It’s fun, if a bit disconcerting.
Kindness - House
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The Futureheads – Beeswing
Another a capella effort from The Futureheads. Previous readers might note that I’m not exactly partial to their vocal experiments, but ‘Beeswing’ works better than most. It’s fun and gently left field but still reminds me of those barbershop jokes in ‘Scrubs’.
When Saints Go Machine – Mannequin
There’s not exactly a shortage of dark, damaged electronic pop coming out of Scandinavia right now but When Saints Go Machine are better than most. ‘Mannequin’ is an oddly beautiful piece of music – jarring, yet nudged along gently. The video is well worth exploring, with visual team Intense crafting something which is links superbly with those Antony Hegarty-esque vocals.
When Saints Go Machine - Mannequin
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Kate Nash - Under-Estimate The Girl
The career of Kate Nash has always seen the singer walk the tightrope between acclaim and derision. Sad to report, then, that 'Under-Estimate The Girl' finds Nash losing her balance, falling ingloriously off said rope and into a vat of bullshit so foul smelling and deep that it will take a long time to clean.
Kate Nash - Under-Estimate The Girl
