Song reviews

As is their style, You Will Flood The River keep it low key with their song “Amsterdam” being thoroughly infused with minor key melancholy. Literate lyrics keep the song on course however and the laidback lead vocals discreetly get the message across.

Sounding like grim reality seems to come easy for The Black Fever and, with a persistence that does them credit, they drag their four on the floor song “No Work” off in the direction of the fields of protest with their edgy guitars and world weary voice in tow.

Lighter than an angel delight, “Neon Demon” provides all the evidence that you need to prove that introspection is a quality that Swiss indie multi-instrumentalist Soften does not lack and his song duly drifts all the way into the distance.

Ginesse lacks neither style nor purpose and her song “The Inbetween” duly transcends its looped minimalism and processed plasticity to make an actual statement. Aspirations may never change but the heart of a woman will always need a voice.

We are doing well for literary references this week and KYOSI does her bit to make words mean more with her song “Boo Radley”. She is right on the money musically with her insistent electronica neatly counterpointing her words.

“Behave” would have been easy to write off as a product of conventional commercialism if it were not for the muscular enthusiasm shown by Vukovi for the task in hand. I can see this song multiplying the band’s fan base.

Some unexpected skill in metaphorical lyrics distinguishes “Solid Influence” by Go Gracious. Musically, the song follows the mainstream path yet the mere presence of literacy is enough to make me wish for good things to happen for this duo.

Old school rock gets revisited by Hoozbah with their song “Be My Queen” sounding like it was dropped straight off a seventies album into today. Naturally, there is a guitar solo and the casual pacing is strangely endearing in these click and forget days.

Lightweight and endearing, “By Blue” is the kind of electronica that ends up being more than the sum of its sequenced synthetic parts with the restrained female vocals adding more than enough mystical candyfloss to keep your ears interested.

Keeping it close to the basics, The Raptors – it’s been a good week for Glasgow bands – make some serious girl powered and guitar led sounds and duly turn their song “Your Dreams” into one worthy of a replay at maximum volume.

Retro never gets old and, as if to prove that very point, Ghosts of Social Network exhume the successful chart sounds of the expressive eighties and turn them into a moody and rather interesting song called “Don’t Let Me Down. Well worthy!

Good to be able to do some words on a Glasgow band and Walt Disco duly prove themselves worthy with their song “Strange To Know Nothing” revelling in retro theatricality and the kind of offbeat touches that were once the sound of Scotland.