Category: indiepop

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Jeanines – Demos

Tom

Two short but promising tracks from New York’s jeanines that manage to pack more in their one and a bit minutes than some of the other tracks I have been listening too recently which last 2-3 times as long. The singer sounds like a young Aggi from The Pastels (or on Buba & The Shop Assistants debut) and that may suggest to you that this is indiepop which sounds like it came from Scotland between 1983-1986. Well you would be right. I am getting impatient to hear more from this lot – more so than waiting for the next season … Continue reading Jeanines – Demos

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Various Artists – Popkiss

Tom

Brazilian label The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records specialises in releasing tribute albums which are either awful or great depending on your point of view. Popkiss is the latest volume and features tributes to tracks released on Sarah Records. It’s the obvious tracks that are covered here although the lack of any Sea Urchins covers come as a surprise. Whilst some of these covers are note for note versions (and to be fair the originals are perfect) there are some good efforts by Battery Point, Waving Blue amongst others. However the standout for me so far is the Glass Arcades … Continue reading Various Artists – Popkiss

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The Poetry Book – Out Of Love / Forever EP

Tom

This is the first I have heard of Oaska’s The Poetry Book (I think!) and there are a number of releases on their Bandcamp page going back to 2015 which I will need to delve into after listening to this EP. Out Of Love is lovely, graceful swooning indiepop whilst Forever has a touch of The Radio Dept. about it with vocals that fade in and out of the steady beat. Not sure what the purpose of the instrumental track is and this single with have been more effective without it as a double A sided release – can you … Continue reading The Poetry Book – Out Of Love / Forever EP

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Kosmonaut – Debbie Harry’s Smile (California On Fire Mix)

Tom

Sadly blog faves Kosmonaut split up at the end of last year. Stephen from the band dropped me a line writing that “there is still a couple of loose ends to tie up though and this remix by The Luxembourg Signal is one of them. Before we split up our intentions were to release a cd single of Debbie Harry’s Smile and include a load of remixes by our friends, unfortunately that’s not going to happen and only a couple of remixes got finished.” So here is that Luxembourg Signal remix in it’s glory. I thought the original was good … Continue reading Kosmonaut – Debbie Harry’s Smile (California On Fire Mix)

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Various – Strawberry Punks

Tom

Strawberry Punks is a compilation compiling five Indonesian bands who contribute a track each. This EP demonstrates how strong the Indonesian indiepop scene is. Go back a few years and whilst the music was good in most cases it was note for note copy of a any number of Sarah Records bands you could care to name. On this compilation however bands are now coming out of their comfort zone and expanding far from their influences none more so than The Whistling Possum and their track Them Are Pigs which fuses some of the danceable elements of post punk together … Continue reading Various – Strawberry Punks