More insistent adoration of the golden days of synth pop from Secret Treehouse with their song “At Sunrise” successfully mixing the electronic rigidity of the sequencer with endearing female vocals and duly rendering the end result pleasing to the ear.
Curiously restrained for an indie rock band, Hook seem to be drawing more from the more cerebral days of seventies rock for the inspiration that drives their song “Spoiler Alert” ahead. Clever lyrics and a laidback guitar solo complete the package.
Yes, you can indeed hear class. Amy Swift has class and, with old school stylings keeping her song “Every Little Thing” on course, I would follow the song and her all the way to the bridge. Smooth is where it is at and she is already there.
Whilst distinctly minimalist in his presentation, Rletto nonetheless manages to squeeze in enough night club subversion to make “Whistle While You Work” worthy of a second listen if only to verify that the lyrics are in no way metaphorical.
Ksenia keeps it tidy with her song “Like It Or Not. Neither a note nor a rhyme is wasted in this cleverly cut and paste song that clearly asserts the dichotomy inherent in individuality and commercial success in the modern music business.
There is something about Dee Lunar that I find oddly appealing. She takes fashionable retro influences and throws them into a cauldron already full of irreverence to make a song like “Spread The Love” and gets away with it. Untidy maybe but tasty nonetheless.
Chrissy & The Get Gos get their engine warmed up with “Get Go”. It’s a commercial song that throws in passionate female vocals and the expected rock riffs then, of all things, interjects some reggae rhythms just to make sure your ears don’t get bored. Works for me.
Looped to the limit and casually paced, “Goldress” is as fine an example of the state of r&b music in this day and age as you will find. I would imagine that many BMW drivers will find themselves adding this one to their late night chillout playlist.
“Finally” is as conventional as a song can get with Eileen Carey playing it straight all the way down to the three minute line. In the background, synths vie for domination with rock guitars and a pedal steel but it is her voice that wins.
If a song could ever be described as laconic then it would be this one with Teeniest – a duo from New York – topping up “Set Me Up Boys” with enough Americana to win the broken heart of any barfly whether north or south of the Mason-Dixon line
Methinks people are likely to fall hook line and sinker in love with “Ya Ya Ya Ya” as Melting Mallows have thrown in enough retro riffs, good old fashioned hooks and melody to encourage you to join in on the chorus. Play it again, Sam!
The greatest blue collar band ever hit out at the hypocrisy of the world that we live in and light a fire under mediocrity with their song “Fetching Pitchfork”. Some might think that the Girobabies have gone a bit mellow but their knife remains forever sharp.
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