My latest last.fm playlist looks like after the second invasion of the martians. Top band names are oOoOOo, †‡†, †∆†, ///▲▲▲\\\, ▼□■□■□■ and ▲. truth is this has nothing to do with the arrival of aliens or the return of prince, the artist formerly known as „the artist formerly known as prince“. „witch house“ is the new thing that sometimes also goes by the name „tumblr core“ due to the fact that its biggest fan base are internet bloggers. Something TE▲RIST (yes, a black triangle is a good idea when you do witch house ) had to learn the hard way as they cancelled their tour due to the fact that they couldn't get enough shows. The berlin show was supposed to be a free show and i'm afraid if the witch house hype continues to spread next time the band tours the showcases will be to expensive to just check out how the bands are doing live.
I wonder if this witch house hype is already over by now as I write this. That would be sad but understandable. I don't really see the genre forming a scene of fans. Musicwise it is pretty much like chilled electro. I guess the „house“ in witch house is no accident. But the bands try to add some „gothic“ to their image. So who would be their target audience? Some post techno chill heads who went all emo? I'm afraid with these super limited CD-Rs it is more the super hipster collector crowd who is buying everything in case one of these bands make it big so that they can sell their super limited items on eBay to the late comers. But i'm not sure if the eBay search field allows triangles and squares so it will be hard to list and harder to find the stuff. Good that at least some projects stick to the roman alphabet.
Another hype is Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Quite unexpected when I went to their show there was a long que. I can't remember the last time I had to get in line to see a show. And I talk of waiting half an hour not knowing whether it will be sold out by the time I get to the door. Rumours of only the pre-ordered tickets that haven't been picked up being left for sale got a few people leaving beforehand and even I was thinking about it. But since I live literally around the corner from the venue and was a little ill I took my chances and stayed, having nothing to lose if turned down later.
But I wasn't and so weren't many others as the place was packed. I met the guy from the DUM DUM GIRLS show again, but after a short „aren't you the guy...“ he went away. A bad reputation is a good thing.
The show was ok, the sound, too, at least where I was standing. It wasn't really fun being stuck in a place unable to move because of the place being so packed. I still didn't get why all the people been there. Maybe it was just the club, the Lovelite, having it's own crowd of international hipsters.
Musicwise quite similar but with way less attention did the GANGLIANS show happen. Back at the Bang Bang Club with it's familiar regulars. And a third encounter with my DUM DUM GIRLS rude boy. A short nodding and heading for opposite corners now. He seems to become the „DEVO hat guy“ of the season. Last year everywhere I went there was a guy with a red plastic cone hat like DEVO sported on their second album, at every show. And suddenly never seen again.
The GANGLIANS show was a double treat because BRILLIANT COLORS played, too. Their set looked like they just walked in and went on stage and it felt like it wasn't really their stage as they couldn't use the space. They played a short but good set as they had to leave for their UK shows right after they were done.
The GANGLIANS played their songs a little rougher and noisier than on their records and they played really really long. Nevertheless I enjoyed the show and when it is finally over I couldn't complain about not having got my money worth.
Always your money worth is a visit at MADAME CLAUDE. A friendly „we have two bands tonight so the door is between 2 and 6 euro“ is something I'd like to hear more often. One of the two „bands“ that night was TERROR BIRD. A girl from vancouver and her mp3-player. The last ripples of the crimson wave? I'm still totally into it. Especially when lo-fi electronics get combined with lo-fi electronic dance moves. Even though she complained about the sound I had a great night. So good that I decided to repeat that two days later at an in-store gig. The dress she chose for that show added to the overall experience. Pretty much like a psychodelic trip those swirling bright pink stripes made me dizzy after a short while but still I couldn't take my eyes of Miss Nikki. Yes, there is something hypnotic of the way she moves and something attractive of the confidence in which she moves about.
At her first show i picked up her new 7“ and it's opening and title track „Shadows in the Hall“ has been stuck in my ears for a good while after.
And even the VIVIAN GIRLS who made me return to the Bang Bang Club once more a few days later couldn't change that. And their set was excellent. I missed the opening band (on purpose) by taking over the door and giving out stamps to everyone who paid. That caused me having to stand more in the back than I used and liked to. But still I loved every second of their set as they played songs from all their releases, even their first 7“s.
Sonntag, 8. August 2010
Samstag, 26. Juni 2010
Mt. Sims „Grave“
Recently I made a resolution. I know it's not New Year and I don't know if resolution is the right word... well, „...resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous.“ says Wikipedia. So I guess it is a resolution. I resolved to smile and wave in photographs. Nobody seems to do this anymore. That is something I realized when I saw the cover of the new Scout Nibblet album. There was something odd about the cover picture and after a while I got it. It was the fact that Scout smiled and waved at the photographer. That made the whole picture somehow anachronistic. That and the fact that she is also holding a flame-torch. That two things combined make it look like she was surprised by the photographer and his intent to do a photograph of her. Pleasantly surprised, it seems. And that's the point: nobody is pleasantly surprised by a camera. Hardly surprised and mostly annoyed maybe, due to the omnipresence of photographic devices. And therefore that's what most people look like in a photograph: annoyed. Of course unless you're at a party and having fun or at least pretending to have fun and you want to document the fact that you're having fun for all the people who are not at the party. On the other hand, when you're at a party and having fun or are at least pretending to have fun and you want to document this fact for all the people, or at least some specific people who are not at the party you know that the picture has a purpose and a mission. I expect every taken picture's mission is to end up on some hard-drive in a folder among hundreds and thousands of other pictures in other folders. A picture became a mass product and by this meaningless.
Anyway, the new Scout Nibblet album is really good and she played with Xiu Xiu who also has a really good new album. But unfortunately they played the same day the Dum Dum Girls played who I went to see them instead. The show marked the end of a week packed with lots of really good bands playing and mostly at least two interesting shows on one night.
For me that week started with Best Coast and Think About Life. The show got transferred to the new MAGNET which also got transferred recently and is still trying to rearrange itself to the new location. I was there a few weeks earlier to see Dan Le Sac and Scroobious Pip and was a little surprised by the stage in the far corner and the soundman opposite. This time the sound booth got moved again. In the end was the sound not as good as it used to be when the club was still in its old location but not bad either.
Between the sets I had a „I've heard this one before but I can't remember what it is“ moment. It took me a while and a little effort to identify the song as “Able To” by Eternal Summers. The chorus gave away the title of the song a little but the usual investigative methods didn't produce any suspects. You could expect a home made video for every song ever written on youtube but I guess the words were just too common. In the end I got lucky and one more thing was off my mind. Unfortunately it is the only good song on their 10“ but a earworm alright.
I skipped a few interesting shows the next day and went to see Cold Cave on Wednesday. This show got transferred to the COMET club very early on. The COMET is the little brother of the MAGNET. But I’ve never been to this place before and was very curious what it would be like. The location itself is very appealing. Enough space in front of the stage and if that is too crowded you still can sit on the stairs to the second floor and see and hear well. The sound was really good, which I heard isn't given at that place. The show was totally awesome, even though I preferred the noise parts over their more recent cold wave stuff.
The next day I re-equipped my mp3-player and find Mt. Sims „Grave“ on repeat for the next few days. The song is the title track of Matt Sims last EP and I remember I liked the song a lot when I heard it the first time but since the EP has four songs and I only like two of them I forgot about the record.
The video was shot at an abandoned amusement park nearby where I spent a lot of time when I was a kid. It is closed for decades now but some of the features still seem recognizable. Like the small pond you see in one of the shots. Right next to it was one of my favourite rides. I can't remember what is was, it is just that the memory of the pond connects to a „I really liked it there“ feeling. I think it was a scooter or something.
Seeing music connected to that place is funny. There used to be a long walk from the next train station to the park that also served as a black market for everything music related. Actually this is the only black market in East Berlin I know of. I went there almost every week hoping to find posters and clippings of my favourite artists taken out of West German music magazines. Some people sold the whole magazine but you could get more money out of it when sold page by page. The prices were in accordance to the East German price system: twice the quantity – twice the price. So one page was five East German Marks, two pages were ten Marks and a four-page „super poster“ was twenty. And yes, people paid those prices. A whole magazine was like 1,80 West German Marks. That was about ten East German Marks. And some good connections. West Germany was far away. Not on a map, but in our minds.
Now West Germany is a venue and on that Saturday was holding the show I was looking forward to for months: the Dum Dum Girls played the town. Not knowing what to expect people-wise I went early to make sure it wouldn't be sold out when I get there. I was way to early and the „headliner“ for the night (which to my surprise wasn't the Dum Dum Girls) weren't even there yet. So I got rudely kicked out and went for a bite. After that I still had to wait ages.
The first band sucked. Like really bad. They added some beer crates to the stage to have more room and after their set four teenager girls purposely pissed of that guy who kicked me out earlier by making out on those crates when he tried to clear them off and put them backstage.
Since the sound at the West Germany is the worst in town and since the sound in there is shitty everywhere and it doesn't matter where you stand I went for the front row. I made room for some people with cameras which in one case turned out to be a mistake. After doing his photo things he asked his to girlfriends to join him in that little to nothing space he or better we got there and as soon as they arrived on my toes he started a lively conversation with them.
After the set he called me rude for asking him to shut the fuck up. I guess the concept of rudeness is a very individual one.
I left early, like many others, since the Dum Dum Girls played second and were the band most people came for. On the way home I lost myself again in Mt. Sims „Grave“.
Anyway, the new Scout Nibblet album is really good and she played with Xiu Xiu who also has a really good new album. But unfortunately they played the same day the Dum Dum Girls played who I went to see them instead. The show marked the end of a week packed with lots of really good bands playing and mostly at least two interesting shows on one night.
For me that week started with Best Coast and Think About Life. The show got transferred to the new MAGNET which also got transferred recently and is still trying to rearrange itself to the new location. I was there a few weeks earlier to see Dan Le Sac and Scroobious Pip and was a little surprised by the stage in the far corner and the soundman opposite. This time the sound booth got moved again. In the end was the sound not as good as it used to be when the club was still in its old location but not bad either.
Between the sets I had a „I've heard this one before but I can't remember what it is“ moment. It took me a while and a little effort to identify the song as “Able To” by Eternal Summers. The chorus gave away the title of the song a little but the usual investigative methods didn't produce any suspects. You could expect a home made video for every song ever written on youtube but I guess the words were just too common. In the end I got lucky and one more thing was off my mind. Unfortunately it is the only good song on their 10“ but a earworm alright.
I skipped a few interesting shows the next day and went to see Cold Cave on Wednesday. This show got transferred to the COMET club very early on. The COMET is the little brother of the MAGNET. But I’ve never been to this place before and was very curious what it would be like. The location itself is very appealing. Enough space in front of the stage and if that is too crowded you still can sit on the stairs to the second floor and see and hear well. The sound was really good, which I heard isn't given at that place. The show was totally awesome, even though I preferred the noise parts over their more recent cold wave stuff.
The next day I re-equipped my mp3-player and find Mt. Sims „Grave“ on repeat for the next few days. The song is the title track of Matt Sims last EP and I remember I liked the song a lot when I heard it the first time but since the EP has four songs and I only like two of them I forgot about the record.
The video was shot at an abandoned amusement park nearby where I spent a lot of time when I was a kid. It is closed for decades now but some of the features still seem recognizable. Like the small pond you see in one of the shots. Right next to it was one of my favourite rides. I can't remember what is was, it is just that the memory of the pond connects to a „I really liked it there“ feeling. I think it was a scooter or something.
Seeing music connected to that place is funny. There used to be a long walk from the next train station to the park that also served as a black market for everything music related. Actually this is the only black market in East Berlin I know of. I went there almost every week hoping to find posters and clippings of my favourite artists taken out of West German music magazines. Some people sold the whole magazine but you could get more money out of it when sold page by page. The prices were in accordance to the East German price system: twice the quantity – twice the price. So one page was five East German Marks, two pages were ten Marks and a four-page „super poster“ was twenty. And yes, people paid those prices. A whole magazine was like 1,80 West German Marks. That was about ten East German Marks. And some good connections. West Germany was far away. Not on a map, but in our minds.
Now West Germany is a venue and on that Saturday was holding the show I was looking forward to for months: the Dum Dum Girls played the town. Not knowing what to expect people-wise I went early to make sure it wouldn't be sold out when I get there. I was way to early and the „headliner“ for the night (which to my surprise wasn't the Dum Dum Girls) weren't even there yet. So I got rudely kicked out and went for a bite. After that I still had to wait ages.
The first band sucked. Like really bad. They added some beer crates to the stage to have more room and after their set four teenager girls purposely pissed of that guy who kicked me out earlier by making out on those crates when he tried to clear them off and put them backstage.
Since the sound at the West Germany is the worst in town and since the sound in there is shitty everywhere and it doesn't matter where you stand I went for the front row. I made room for some people with cameras which in one case turned out to be a mistake. After doing his photo things he asked his to girlfriends to join him in that little to nothing space he or better we got there and as soon as they arrived on my toes he started a lively conversation with them.
After the set he called me rude for asking him to shut the fuck up. I guess the concept of rudeness is a very individual one.
I left early, like many others, since the Dum Dum Girls played second and were the band most people came for. On the way home I lost myself again in Mt. Sims „Grave“.
Samstag, 6. Februar 2010
Burning Hearts - I Lost My Colour Vision
Burning Hearts - I Lost My Colour Vision
I will not start apologizing now for not posting anything lately. There are a lot of reasons and that shall do it.
This one here been sitting on my desk for a while and it got there with pretty much the same story as the first ever earworm here got there: with a loud “Bang” and a huge puzzlement in tow. It took me a few days to properly place it but with a slight relief I did it. It is the opening track of burning hearts debut album “aboa sleeping”.
What makes the song is the arrangement of different associations or mental connections. The drum opening and that first “bing” brings old soft cell back to mind while the bass line goes more in the new order direction. That combined with jessika’s vocals make it sound like a lost the organ track. But when you got there, the song is already forever branded into you brain waves, long-time memory thingy. And it is all those things it could be, all the things that are there but also not, that make it so hard to forget and hard to place. It is not some “I’m me, I’m me” mediocrity of a song, crying for your attention like an ADS on speed. It is a song that gets it uniqueness from all that it is not without trying hard to be unique.
By doing a short portrait of the band for a magazine I write for I learned that the band is from finland and nor from sweden like I assumed. Well, they are from the swedish speaking part of finland. And that is funny because I also know a band from the finnish speaking part of sweden.
Burning Hearts myspace
I will not start apologizing now for not posting anything lately. There are a lot of reasons and that shall do it.
This one here been sitting on my desk for a while and it got there with pretty much the same story as the first ever earworm here got there: with a loud “Bang” and a huge puzzlement in tow. It took me a few days to properly place it but with a slight relief I did it. It is the opening track of burning hearts debut album “aboa sleeping”.
What makes the song is the arrangement of different associations or mental connections. The drum opening and that first “bing” brings old soft cell back to mind while the bass line goes more in the new order direction. That combined with jessika’s vocals make it sound like a lost the organ track. But when you got there, the song is already forever branded into you brain waves, long-time memory thingy. And it is all those things it could be, all the things that are there but also not, that make it so hard to forget and hard to place. It is not some “I’m me, I’m me” mediocrity of a song, crying for your attention like an ADS on speed. It is a song that gets it uniqueness from all that it is not without trying hard to be unique.
By doing a short portrait of the band for a magazine I write for I learned that the band is from finland and nor from sweden like I assumed. Well, they are from the swedish speaking part of finland. And that is funny because I also know a band from the finnish speaking part of sweden.
Burning Hearts myspace
Dienstag, 3. November 2009
2 months already
i have to admit my plan was to post something every week. but that was a long time ago when i was young and naive. right now i spend every spare minute writing about music for someone else. so my blog has to wait. on the other hand i can't really say you missed something. there has been a lot great music but not much that qualifies as an "earworm". there was the flaming lips "convinced of the hex". that song was out before their album "embryonic" was. but the final album version is not as good as the pre-release version. and still it is the best song on the album. so as you can imagine by now i was pretty disappointed by the album. and still am.
anyway, you can find the song on the flaming lips myspace page
the other record that is on my private heavy rotation is the tour 10" of alela diane and alina harding. they do some classic folk songs and since i have a wet spot for irish folk in my bitter, bitter heart i can't stop listening to that record. i guess i have to buy a new one soon as this one gets its grooves scratched out pretty good. my favourite song is "matty groves" but alela diane's myspace page has only "rake". still a great song.
anyway, you can find the song on the flaming lips myspace page
the other record that is on my private heavy rotation is the tour 10" of alela diane and alina harding. they do some classic folk songs and since i have a wet spot for irish folk in my bitter, bitter heart i can't stop listening to that record. i guess i have to buy a new one soon as this one gets its grooves scratched out pretty good. my favourite song is "matty groves" but alela diane's myspace page has only "rake". still a great song.
Donnerstag, 20. August 2009
the obvious and the obscure pt. 1
the obvious and the obscure pt. 1
zola jesus - sink the dynasty
there have been a few releases lately that i find more than just entertaining. nika roza danilova alter ego zola jesus created one of them. nika started singing at a pretty young age and decided to get classical opera training for her voice. when she took a break from that she started experimenting with lo-fi noise pop. being able to perfectly control her voice is one of the pluses of zola jesus’ music but it is the combination of great pop tunes played in a lo-fi way based on or highlighted by a few industrial like sounds and her distanced vocals that create this beautifully cold and eerie atmosphere. there’s nothing of opera in here. it’s more a modern version of early post punk wave bands like siouxsie and the banshees, malaria or x-mal deutschland. but still it is far from being retro.
zola jesus myspace
vv brown – crying blood
vv brown took me a while to get into. even though it is far easier accessible than the zola jesus stuff. but crying blood was an instant hit. it is the prelude to her debut album “travelling like light”. vanessa brown is a multi-instrumentalist and wrote the majority of the songs herself what seems to be rare for an island recording artist first signed by puff daddy. but maybe i’m just pre-occupied here.
nevertheless her music seems to be the antithesis of zola jesus’ work. it it passionate and cheerful. id i had to describe it i’d say: what the pipettes tried to do minus the white mediocrity of the brighton band. vv brown is the 50s girl group revival in a single person. her music commutes between her soul influences and her post punk attitude. but all without the remi nicole “i am black but i like rock music” crap that is an insult to chuck berry and all the pre-elvis rock’n’roll artists.
vv brown myspace
ps.: i tried to include vv browns video (go to youtube instead) but blogspot had another technical difficulty. it’s been quite often lately and it makes me question the software in use. maybe they should open the option of imbedding videos from youtube and the likes.
zola jesus - sink the dynasty
there have been a few releases lately that i find more than just entertaining. nika roza danilova alter ego zola jesus created one of them. nika started singing at a pretty young age and decided to get classical opera training for her voice. when she took a break from that she started experimenting with lo-fi noise pop. being able to perfectly control her voice is one of the pluses of zola jesus’ music but it is the combination of great pop tunes played in a lo-fi way based on or highlighted by a few industrial like sounds and her distanced vocals that create this beautifully cold and eerie atmosphere. there’s nothing of opera in here. it’s more a modern version of early post punk wave bands like siouxsie and the banshees, malaria or x-mal deutschland. but still it is far from being retro.
zola jesus myspace
vv brown – crying blood
vv brown took me a while to get into. even though it is far easier accessible than the zola jesus stuff. but crying blood was an instant hit. it is the prelude to her debut album “travelling like light”. vanessa brown is a multi-instrumentalist and wrote the majority of the songs herself what seems to be rare for an island recording artist first signed by puff daddy. but maybe i’m just pre-occupied here.
nevertheless her music seems to be the antithesis of zola jesus’ work. it it passionate and cheerful. id i had to describe it i’d say: what the pipettes tried to do minus the white mediocrity of the brighton band. vv brown is the 50s girl group revival in a single person. her music commutes between her soul influences and her post punk attitude. but all without the remi nicole “i am black but i like rock music” crap that is an insult to chuck berry and all the pre-elvis rock’n’roll artists.
vv brown myspace
ps.: i tried to include vv browns video (go to youtube instead) but blogspot had another technical difficulty. it’s been quite often lately and it makes me question the software in use. maybe they should open the option of imbedding videos from youtube and the likes.
Samstag, 8. August 2009
The Hex Dispensers – Doomsday Romantic
some weeks ago a friend of mine stuffed my ears with the new hex dispensers songs. not quite without selfish motifs since he works for the record company releasing the new album in europe and he running a little record business out of his living room.
but this made getting the record just harder because of course i don’t want the european license thing. the american version is on douchemaster records. a label that released so many good garage punk records lately. i got quite a collection of their stuff now and therefore won’t fall for less than the genuine thing. and to not having to compete with each other the releases will not leave their places of origin. that means all the american versions my favourite record store tried to get got cancelled from shipping to europe. so i’ll try to order the record from douchemaster directly. that will allow me to order some of their other records i don’t have yet.
but it is funny how companies don’t realize that there are people out there who actually care about the little difference of an original and a licence pressing. and unfortunately for those companies some of these people care in the special way of having to buy both versions. i’m like this with some bands. or some labels. there are quite a few records i have more than one copy of because they are different pressings. mostly also accompanied by different covers and mixes. at least different covers.
one might wonder what’s so special about the hex dispensers for all the effort. nothing. yes, they write great, catchy punk tunes. sometimes a little ramones, sometimes more misfits. both not the worst choice. but a lot of other bands did the same. it is just that they ARE catchy. really catchy. and fun. and everything you need. and like i said, it is not so much about the band but more about the label. check out the stolen hearts, wax museum, baby shakes, barreracudas, gg king and so on.
and while you’re at it: the vivian girls have a new record ready. great powerpop with a little garage edge. perfect summer album. so is the summer cats album “songs for tuesdays”. don’t get fooled by the title, those songs are good every day.
the hex dispensers on myspace
but this made getting the record just harder because of course i don’t want the european license thing. the american version is on douchemaster records. a label that released so many good garage punk records lately. i got quite a collection of their stuff now and therefore won’t fall for less than the genuine thing. and to not having to compete with each other the releases will not leave their places of origin. that means all the american versions my favourite record store tried to get got cancelled from shipping to europe. so i’ll try to order the record from douchemaster directly. that will allow me to order some of their other records i don’t have yet.
but it is funny how companies don’t realize that there are people out there who actually care about the little difference of an original and a licence pressing. and unfortunately for those companies some of these people care in the special way of having to buy both versions. i’m like this with some bands. or some labels. there are quite a few records i have more than one copy of because they are different pressings. mostly also accompanied by different covers and mixes. at least different covers.
one might wonder what’s so special about the hex dispensers for all the effort. nothing. yes, they write great, catchy punk tunes. sometimes a little ramones, sometimes more misfits. both not the worst choice. but a lot of other bands did the same. it is just that they ARE catchy. really catchy. and fun. and everything you need. and like i said, it is not so much about the band but more about the label. check out the stolen hearts, wax museum, baby shakes, barreracudas, gg king and so on.
and while you’re at it: the vivian girls have a new record ready. great powerpop with a little garage edge. perfect summer album. so is the summer cats album “songs for tuesdays”. don’t get fooled by the title, those songs are good every day.
the hex dispensers on myspace
Montag, 20. Juli 2009
The Anomalies – Kid Riot
the mainstream media finally discovered emiliana torrini and the “jungle drum” can be spotted between ring tone commercials quite regularly. and even released fall last year her album “me and armini” is considered the summer album 2009. well, i do appreciate that she finally gets the attention she deserves since the album is really good and she won’t be just “that girl who did “gollums song” for the lord of the rings soundtrack. but i can’t join in in that celebration since i already danced my soles off to her record last year and i do have another favourite for this years summer album. ladies and gentlemen: the anomalies.
their album “free soup social” is a great combination of brit rock, hip hop and dub beats and just fun listening to. it is an “instant good mood” album. you just need to add volume. lots of it.
kid riot starts with a simple guitar riff not unsimilar to the earlier works of the view or the arctic monkeys. but accompanying the words “there’s death and killings in the streets” by a bicycle bell shows that it doesn’t want to be taken too seriously. switching too a fast driven rap part brings old klf tunes or more recent dan le sac vs. scroobious pip tracks to mind. the anomalies’ raps are definitely as witty as the pips but with way less moral gospel involved. going forwards and backwards between these two parts tricks your body from a steady nodding head movement to full body action including a 360° spin. and all of a sudden the track is led into a thoughtful shoegazer ending.
there are not two songs alike on this album still every song is equally great to kid riot and in total free soup social is one of the best composed and arranged debut albums i heard in a long time. unfortunately so far it went completely unnoticed and i hope the anomalies will get the deserved attention sooner or later, too.
the anomalies myspace
their album “free soup social” is a great combination of brit rock, hip hop and dub beats and just fun listening to. it is an “instant good mood” album. you just need to add volume. lots of it.
kid riot starts with a simple guitar riff not unsimilar to the earlier works of the view or the arctic monkeys. but accompanying the words “there’s death and killings in the streets” by a bicycle bell shows that it doesn’t want to be taken too seriously. switching too a fast driven rap part brings old klf tunes or more recent dan le sac vs. scroobious pip tracks to mind. the anomalies’ raps are definitely as witty as the pips but with way less moral gospel involved. going forwards and backwards between these two parts tricks your body from a steady nodding head movement to full body action including a 360° spin. and all of a sudden the track is led into a thoughtful shoegazer ending.
there are not two songs alike on this album still every song is equally great to kid riot and in total free soup social is one of the best composed and arranged debut albums i heard in a long time. unfortunately so far it went completely unnoticed and i hope the anomalies will get the deserved attention sooner or later, too.
the anomalies myspace
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