Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Future Of The Left- Curses










Featuring members of Mclusky and Jarcrew there is certainly enough talent in Future Of The Left to do something pretty special, they certainly do not disappoint. This album will definitely keep any Mclusky fans happy, to be honest it surpassed my expectations by some way.

To be honest it is great to hear Andy Falkous writing new lyrics, if you are not familar with Mclusky you really should buy Mcluskyism, the best of album released a few years ago. There is not a bad track on there and you can hear a band who can say something as meaningful as Dylan whilst making you laugh at the same time, there really isn't anything like it.

Curses rocks like an absolute mother! It is easily one of the British Rock albums of the year, this is an album which every Indie fan should own, to be honest any album with lyrics like “46 seconds in your company or 94 years in a frozen wasteland, 38 minutes in a chickens nightmare” is bound to be a winner.

MP3: Plague Of Onces


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Video of the fantastic The Lord Hates A Coward at SXSW:

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Plastic Operator- Different Places





















First off, sorry for the elongated delay in my return. Im sorry. Im glad to say that I have now moved from London to Leeds and am ready to continue writing... It was a mixed summer for music, ive been listening to some great stuff which i am looking forward to writing about over the next few weeks.

Although my experiences at the incredibly poorly orgainised Tales of The Jackalope festival had definitely put a tarnish on my summer, Fucked Ups set was cut short due to the over running over the many shite Hoxton based bands earlier in the day which meant Gang Gang Dance couldnt go on. To make matters worse ESG (who have now stopped playing live) and Too Many DJ'S didn't turn up. Im sure the next time these Hoxtoners come back to Norfolk I will be at the front of the queue with my pitchfork, blast those city types.

I almost forgot, to give my experience an even more bizarre slant around about 6 o clock our one hours sleep was interrupted by a familiar yet incredibly irritating voice, that of T4's Miketa Oliver who had decided with her group of incredibly posh friends to throw gravel and wrestle each other on everyones tents. Oh the horror.

Anyway....

If you are a fan of Electronic indie/pop in the vein of the Postal Service or Casiotone for the Painfully Alone then the music of Plastic Operator will be definitely be right up your alley.

The band take a mainly european Electro pop sound ala Erasure or the Pet Shop Boys and give a more modern make over. It isn't the most groundbreaking music you will ever hear but its fantastic listening to make you think of the summer when the cold nights are drawing in. Highlights for me include Folder which was a big hit on Rob Da Banks Sunday Best Label and Parasols which uses guest vocalist Sarah Ferri's vocals to great effect and makes a great break to the rest of the album. With Robyn finally making the big time after years in the Wilderness hopefully this could be time for groups like Plastic Operator to make the step up and make pop music more interesting again.



Home 0207 (mp3)


Different PlacesPlastic Operator
"Home 0207" (mp3)
from "Different Places"
(Fine Day Records)

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