Marieske is the latest single from French band Soon, She Said and features two tracks. Track The Days is an extremely catchy indie pop-rock song that features plenty of sing-along opportunities in both verse and chorus. It’s toe tapping stuff. … Continue reading Soon, She Said – Marieske
A bumper crop this month featuring healthy doses of indiepop, janglepop, shoegaze, dreampop and any other number of made up genres you could desire! I try to keep within a time and track limit but that has not proved possible this month so enjoy this extended mix! Full tracklisting: The Blue Dress – The Perfect Moment The Perfect Moment sounds like a track given away on a flexi-disc via fanzines of yesteryear. Dreams of Empire – Northern Lights Is Northern Lights Dreams of Empire’s poppiest moment yet? Film School – Go (But Not Too Far) I really like the deadpan … Continue reading The Records I Like Mix May 2019
Kimi No Youni Ikiretara seems to be the debut release from Japanese band 宇宙ネコ子 (Space Cat according to Google or is it Universe Nekoko when translated?) and features seven songs that shift from shoegaze, fuzzy pop and indiepop. With the band being female fronted it’s hard not to suggest bands such as Strawberry Story or Melys as pointers in the band’s sound. Song titles such as Like A Raspberry also suggest a fondness for 1980s UK indie and a certain West Country record label. Of the seven songs here it’s hard to pick a favourite. However, the fuzzy opener Virgin … Continue reading 宇宙ネコ子 – Kimi No Youni Ikiretara
Scotland has a long customary pattern of producing high quality indiepop and Paisley’s The Muldoons are no exception to that list. Their sound is drenched in history and tradition from Orange Juice to Camera Obscura, from Postcard to Egg Records and beyond. Their second single, Don’t Be Like That, Girl, is a catchy song featuring jangling guitars and trumpets. I like the way it changes pace during the song catching the listener unaware. I am not sure they needed to cover Echo & The Bunnymen’s The Killing Moon on the flip as the original is a classic and will never … Continue reading The Muldoons – Don’t Be Like That, Girl
California is the latest single to be lifted from the current Stockholm long player and appears in three forms. The single itself starts in a sedate, folkish mood before synth pop beats kick in drawing comparisons to The Pet Shop Boys. Norwegian singer/songwriter Dylan Mondegreen then supplies this take on the longing and yearning Ikkje Gråt for Me, California. The final version is a demo recording which is less polished and, with the synths being toned down, gives the track a different feel. Three solid versions of one fine track! California is available digitally from the band or in lossy … Continue reading Red Sleeping Beauty – California
San Francisco’s Starry Eyed Cadet return, after an 18-month absence, with a new self released two track single. Slow is a sometimes, jangling, sometimes twee indiepop song which demonstrates the band have not lost their touch in producing the near … Continue reading Starry Eyed Cadet – Slow/Stargazer
No theme for this weeks pack of three aside from making the time to listen to all of these releases over the course of this, or any other, weekend! Wildhoney – Naive Castle Since we last heard from them Wildhoney … Continue reading Something For The Weekend?
I Hope That No One Sees Me is the debut album from Swedish indiepop band No Suits In Miami and it’s the sort of stuff I would have died for in my hardcore (!) indiepop days. The music is vibrant whilst singer Michelle’s voice is like another instrument as it weaves in and out of the jangling guitars. It’s essential listening especially on the likes of Regnar (beautiful), Week (poppy and fuzzy) and I´ll Never Lie Again (Just To Get Close To You) which has the elements of New Order all over it. Truth be told there is not one … Continue reading No Suits In Miami – I Hope That No One Sees Me
Let’s hope that Hal Borland’s famous quote holds true for new releases this month whilst I round up some of the last of April’s offerings. Asilomar – Shimmer and Faded A short shimmering introduction from this new dreampop/shoegaze band from … Continue reading April is a promise that May is bound to keep!
Is Northern Lights Dreams of Empire’s poppiest moment yet? I certainly think so as they pick up the pace as the song twists and whirls. The vocals and music are both catchy and addictive which is all this fella, and … Continue reading Dreams Of Empire – Northern Lights
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