Hello! Its been a while since I posted hasn't it. In my defence I haven't been listening to much new music at the moment due to broken earphones/volume conscious housemates (well... family). Also I have been working on yet another new regular feature for this blog that I hope to share with you very soon, however it takes a certain amount of time to get through it. But anyway, Superfood! Its been just over a month since Superfood allowed us into their world with debut self-titled track "Superfood" (reviewed here) and they've been pretty busy. Announcing their first headline 'b-town' show at The Rainbow in July, revealing future supporting gigs with Splashh and of course touring across the UK in support of Peace (though they decided to miss the Birmingham and Coventry shows, the latter I attended... bitterness, thy name is Huw). And here we are, the buzz growing ever er... buzzier, today they gave us a new track.
A shortly strummed intro and we burst straight into the first verse with singer Dom Ganderton bawling "I can never sleep without the TV on waahhhh!". The band continue with the dynamic set by "Superfood" with quiet/loud verses and a swirling solo closing the song to a suitably zany end. The grunge meets brit-pop feel of "Superfood" is emulated but "TV" seems more akin to the latter with faux Albarn yelps and guitars pop discordantly making it a Blur-esque affair. Not necessarily a bad thing and definitely not a bad song, you're just not taken anywhere noticeably different to their previous outing, in fact it feels a bit of a disappointingly similar younger sibling to "Superfood" despite its good quality. I leave it wondering "ok this is good, but what else?". No doubt the band have a more diverse repertoire of songs that I've yet to here though and "TV" may grow on me after I've heard them. But for now I'm afraid I'm happy to go back to the debut single instead.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Friday, 26 April 2013
New Choons/Video: Splashh - 'All I Wanna Do'
With such a long winded last post I thought I'd keep this one brief. You know when a song feels like its been crafted to put a smile on your face? "All I Wanna Do" does that for me, the band's first widely known song that set the mood for sun in Spring last year. It was a good feeling listening to that song in the sun, so good in fact the band have decided to rerelease it for this Spring! This new version comes with an obvious improvement in production with singer Sasha Carlson's vocals drenched in spacey reverb and the nostalgia its lyrical content describes while the guitar and synth sounds are enhanced adding a new layer of swirly psychedelic cheer. The new video isn't a huge departure from the old one, glimpses of the Hackney based band (now 4 members instead of 2) playing in a small room is paired with footage of them going about town, mucking around and looking like they're enjoying a good dose irresponsible fun. If you're like me it'll have you craving the same thing. The song is will be on the bands forthcoming album "Comfort" released June 3rd on Luv Luv Luv Records.
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