Posts still sporadic – still getting my act together. Bear with me. Here’s my favourite songs this week:
Museum of Bellas Artes – Who Do You Love? (mp3)
Signed to Force Majeure and due at White Heat in a few weeks, this Stockholm trio have put in an early bid for cover of the year via this reprise of The Sapphires’ little-known Motown song from 1964. Relentless beats, glossy synths and moreish vocals combine to prove summer’s not through with us yet…
Still Corners – Endless Summer (mp3)
…as does this effort from the hotly-tipped Londoners. Sounding like a witches’ spell for the senses, this is whimsical hallucination-pop designed for empty stares into deep blue skies.
Zola Jesus – Sea Talk (mp3)
Just climb up to a rooftop, stretch your arms out wide, feel the wind, and fly fly fly away…
Freelance Whales – Hannah (mp3)
The FWs specialise in pretty lines about trivial episodes, sung in glorious, folky euphoria. For example: “Hannah takes the stairs ’cause she can’t tell that it’s a wiiiiiiiiinding spiral-case”. Magic.
Small Black – Photojournalist (mp3)
I rarely remember my dreams, my journey to that world, but the little scraps I do retain are much like this slice of haunted pop: groggy, discomforting, lonely, and full of subverted, out-of-focus voices prior to a sudden, bereft, awakening.
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Loved ‘Hannah’, although not exactly thrilled with the video. ‘Who do you love’ was also a good one. ‘Photojournalist’ reminds me a bit of modest mouse. Also, if you dream like that, I fear they may be drug induced. Better lay off that terrible red wine sir.
I’ll tell Waitrose you said that. Thanks for the comment, and you’re dead right about the Modest Mouse echo, listening to it again, if a bit less slackery…
PS: The FWs are playing at Water Rats tonight and there are still tickets I think. I have waited so long to sing loud and proud about spiral staircases and generators. See you there maybe!
Wish I had seen this sooner, however, did manage to download loads of their songs.