Another quietish week on the post-front, sorry. Hoping for more time this week. Here’s this week’s Monday Music:
Bikini – ACheerlaeder (mp3)
That’s not a spelling mistake and you’ll soon see why. This is a song for lo-fi electro freaks, for rooms illuminated by blue lightbulbs, for men in masks, for empty train carriages, for house parties when you realise all your friends left hours ago.
Hot Horizons – 6am (mp3)
A few times in my life I’ve woken up with someone, and wished I’d been anywhere but in that bed. Never has the early morning shock been as sober as for this Leicester band’s Jake McCarthy, though; his account of dawn-time desperation is chillingly glum. I particularly like the burnished, agonised guitar swathes, and the fade-out ending.
Electric Owls – When I Was A Flood (mp3)
Okay, I think: here’s a nice sun-dizzy, chirpy teen ditty, group chorus and all. Except the chorus never comes; instead there are unexpectedly fearsome keyboard hooks, strained vocal solos and a reflective, down-tempo mood. Being wrong’s never been such fun.
The Sequins – On The Streets Of Japan (mp3)
There’s something slightly ’80s about this: an assuming, initially underwhelming slice of plodding soft rock that captivates a little more with each play. It’s tight, nicely melodic, velvet soft at times and pleasingly thuddish at others. Continuing the old-fashioned theme, the Coventry lot have just released this ’Japan’ as part of a double 7″ vinyl single, available via here.
Modern Skirts – Bumper Car (mp3)
Ok, Modern Skirts, I’m pissed. First you’re country blues (Rebecca St. Claire). Then electrical weirdsville (DUI). And now you’re coming across all gnarly and snarly on this new single, all low vocals and metal bass, but still with a pleasant rock vibe. Now listen up – this sort of diversity sure is thrilling to listen to, but it makes bloggers like me look like total cretins – one minute we’re labelling you the new Dolly Parton, and the next you’re like a fucked-up Placebo. Kindly desist.
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