Short one folks, just a song I really dig that I felt like sharing. Its Wavves, a band I have always known yet for some reason, simultaneously avoided. Not with intent I should add, just haven't got to the point of buying an album.
But yeah, "why?", I hear you ask, am I only til now becoming interested in the group? Well like most of the 15-25 console owning male population of the world, I have been playing Grand Theft Auto 5 and as always, the stellar radio soundtracks of previous games have been recaptured.
Not only do Wavves contribute a song to the game, but members Nathan Williams and Stephen Pope actually acted as radio DJs to one of the game's many stations, Vinewood Boulevard Radio. I fine job they did to, between the station's alt rock choons the duo proved to be a comical duo offering a perfectly stereotypical slacker view on proceedings.
Anyway, the song itself is Nine Is God taken from the group's most recent album; Afraid Of Heights. I'm yet to listen to the album as before now my only prolonged experience with the band was catching the closing moments of their set at Reading Fesitval this year. Ironically I meant to listen to them more after that but GTA kindly acted as a reminder for my forgetful ways.
I'm including the studio version and a rather nifty live version performed on US talk show Conan. Enjoy folks! I'll try and do something with this blog soon.
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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.
