Game Boy pop for the people versus part of that South Cumbria sound! All very intriguing eh?
Part one of our trawls through the wonderful world of myspace.
Game Boy pop for the people versus part of that South Cumbria sound! All very intriguing eh?
Part one of our trawls through the wonderful world of myspace.
What a find!
Two very differing artists this month;
Firstly to David Sugar, his jerky experimental dance reminiscent of early CJ Bolland at the very least. His music also tips its hat to them crazy Mad Capsule Markets. Describing his own stuff as Game Boy pop for the people is very astute. It is fabulous, inquisitive, heartfelt music, without any hang ups; rather an aura of restless enquiry pervades the lyrics. If only dance music could take this blue print of ethereal, energetic pop and make something of it, maybe we’d get rid of all those boy bands with fringes, who knows? We Weren’t Put Together sounds at times like soumething off the first Harmonia LP, whereas the cover of the Cure’s Just Like Heaven is charming in the extreme; maybe deliberately over-tinny in texture; a faux naive computer soundtrack for 6 years olds (or so it seems).
Check it out here.
http://www.myspace.com/davidsugar
Next up, by way of contrast we have Lovers of the Arctic Circle, a pastoral bunch from Cumbria; “part of that South Cumbria sound!” as they explain patriotically. Their track, Fourteen is a belter. A shimmying, shifting beat propels a mournful piano coda and the odd sound effect. It is very much in love with early Super Furry Animals, but never let is be said that that is a bad thing; far from it. The other stand out track is Hot Tap, built on a beautiful circular guitar run. Once again there are some ghostly synths to offset the musings of the reflective girl singer. Beautifully understated, thankfully too sharp to be EMO this is classic folk pop.
Go here to hear more.
http://www.myspace.com/loversofthearcticcircle
Words: Richard Foster.