The Futurist Song Of The Week for June 22
Song Of The Week is Back! After a hiatus last week, Mike, Shiv and myself are back at it with our choices for the week of June 22nd. As always we welcome your opinions…..
Mike Taylor - The Lodger - “Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion”, from the CD, Grown-Ups
To me, much of the music coming out Britain seems to be the last wave of the garage-rock revival of a few years ago. Remember, The Strokes, for whatever you think of them, play arenas over there. While Arctic Monkeys produced a solid second disc, The Fratellis are merely The Libertines with more of a T. Rex vibe and Maximo Park’s latest was a great disappointment. All came with varying degrees of hype which can potentially saddle a band with unneeded baggage. So, what a relief to stumble across this unheralded trio from Leeds whose brand of Britpop comes without any extra gloss or hype. Their sound is nothing groundbreaking but with hints The Smiths, Buzzcocks and Wedding Present, it’s refreshing to have a true indie band from Britain arrive literally unannounced, and turn out to be a welcome visitor.
The Lodger - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion
Matt Shiv - Jennifer Gentle- “Electric Princess”, from the CD The Midnight Room
“The Midnight Room” is the 2nd album for Italian rockers Jennifer Gentle. While they’ve been as a big as a 5-piece band playing live, the core of the group is down to just one guy — founding member Marco Fasolo. On this record he plays every sound you hear by himself, caught live in an old house in Northern Italy. This is just one example of a song from the record that sounds so authentically retro that you would be forgiven for thinking it was recently unearthed in a time capsule buried 50 years ago. The simplicity of the song is striking, but the layers of instrumentation do sneak up on you with repeated listens.
Jennifer Gentle - Electric Princess
Joe Long - 1990s - “You Made Me Like It”, from the CD Cookies.
Ok, so imagine yourself in a small but trashed house party. Complete with beer drenched walls, garbage flung about, and a wide variety of people, smells and clothing also filling the place. Now, imagine that you have had about half a dozen of your favorite drinks. This song is the soundtrack to the scene I have just described, and it comes from the Glasgow trio 1990s. It’s probably worth putting on should you ever find yourself in a similar environment. The album from 1990s is due out at the end of July here in the states, but is already floating around across the pond.
