Dutch Uncles - Bellio
Album: Out of Touch in the Wild (2013)
Looking for some more complicated but still poppy songs? Do you like some trumpet, sax and horn to give you hints about classical pop music? But do you still want to have the idea that your listening to a alternative album, that gets more interesting everytime you press play? This next collaboration might be the thing for you.
St. Vincent, since her album Actor widely seen as a really impressive singer and songwriter, and David Byrne, the songwriter of 70's band Talking Heads, have let their inspiration collide, to come up with a new flavour of art-rock, indie-pop and folk. This has led to some very impressive songs, an example:
Noticed the typical Annie Erin Clark (St. Vincent) guitar-play mixed with lyrics by a master in songwriting, David Byrne. Those two factors are absolutely beautifully kept together by the horn-section (Contribution by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and The Dap Kings, too name a few.).
No, nothing yet? Well, give it a few spins.
Or try this one:
Let's hope this leads more from both of these artists, cause the inspiration seems to be present in surplus. Anyway the album's called Love This Giant and is probably an interesting option, if looking for something to delve into, especially considering this album can be sweet for a broad audience.
Feel for yourself!
A Yeasayer album is an adventure, an adventure to look out for. At least so it seems after the release of the band's third album Fragrant World.
You have people who have already known about Yeasayer for quite some time now, (good for you!) and you have folks that might hear from them for the first time because of this album(this will be the larger group).
I can guarantee that new listeners after they have listened to Fragrant World for the first few times, are going to think: What the hell is going on here?
And I can't blame you, there is just a lot going on, on this album, and I really mean a lot.
For the people who already liked Yeasayer, the trick to a great listening experience for a lot of people is to not think of "the band that made the track 2080", but to open up again.
Because they have sure changed. The songs feel more adventurous and synthesizers are on full duty.
About those synthesizers, the dancy riffs they produce almost feel like modern-day dance tunes, then again, they feel completely different. And that's the thing with a lot of the songs,
at first you only hear the catchyness of it, and then the rest of the song starts to hit. Especially so in the case of Demon Road and Henrietta, which is a song that actually has scientific meaning, look that up yourselfs people.
About the performance of the band, they seem even more divers than they already were, the singing has improved, and most of the songs are even more hypnotising than tracks from the other albums.
Example:
I can't wait to hear the remixes people will produce from these tracks.
Absolutely one of the more exciting albums of 2012.
5/5
Photo from: Brightonsource.co.uk
As of late, the 80's sound has been dominating on my mp3-player, mainly because I have only recently really discovered Joy Division(not like I didn't know them, but I started to dig different songs and I discovered, to my opinion, the real Joy Division), but also acts as Toy, Warpaint and The Horrors are often on repeat. They all have a way of being melancholic without being depressing, but actually being quite uplifting.
And now we have the relatively new act 2:54, which has toured with Warpaint(not a bad starting point), that has really surprised me. Based around sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow, the London band can be one of 'the' new acts this year. A bit like The XX a while ago, a band to which they also have been compared(just with more guitar power)
Check it out. This is their latest single: Scarlet, and one of the album: Creeping
Check out their Myspace for more free music: http://www.myspace.com/thetwofiftyfour
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