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Frankie Rose

Interstellar

    We were all knocked out by the Frankie Rose and the Outs album from 2010 but are you ready for the new Frankie Rose? – her transformation into a wholly other kind of pop, the reverie and revelation of 'Interstellar', an album that floats free of its maker’s history.
     
    So, out with the reverb of the Frankie Rose and the Outs, (and her previous bands) and in with something altogether more glittering and shivering. Interstellar is the confident swagger of a singer and auteur fully aware of how to build the simplest of pop moves into aching, full-blown melodramas, how to grab hold of an emotion and ride its darker waves.

    Highlights include "Know Me" a gorgeous piece of widescreen pop, dreamy and driving at the same time and “Night Swim” whose clean, big hooks bring to mind the best of mid-80’s pop – The Smiths, New Order -- without sacrificing any of Frankie's unique melodic style.


    STAFF COMMENTS

    Andy says: Completely different from her super debut, but in its own way just as compelling. This is shoegazey, slightly wonky, deep 'n' doomy, romantic pop.

    Field Music (a.k.a. Sunderland siblings Peter and David Brewis) release their hugely anticipated fourth album, 'Plumb', through Memphis Industries.

    With 15 tracks crammed into 35 minutes, 'Plumb' remodels the modular, fragmented style of the first two Field Music albums; only now shot through with the surreal abstractions of 20th century film music from Bernstein to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory and with the off-beam funk and pristine synth-rock developed on the brothers' School of Language and The Week That Was albums.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Andy says: Amazing album! A bit mathy and proggy but the difference with Field Music is it's always poppy! This record sounds like one enormous song with a thousand different parts, all perfectly slotted together like a crazy musical jigsaw. Unbelievable!

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Start The Day Right
    2. It’s Okay To Change
    3. Sorry Again, Mate
    4. A New Town
    5. Choosing Sides
    6. A Prelude To Pilgrim Street
    7. Guillotine
    8. Who’ll Pay The Bills?
    9. So Long Then
    10. Is This The Picture?
    11. From Hide And Seek To Heartache
    12. How Many More Times?
    13. Ce Soir
    14. Just Like Everyone Else
    15. (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing

    Milagres

    Glowing Mouth

      ‘Glowing Mouth’ is the breathtaking debut album from Brooklyn five piece Milagres (Portuguese for ‘miracles’ pronounced mil-ahh-gris).

      From the opening bars of ‘Halfway’ this is an album of languorous splendour and easy grace, the ambitious musical scope matched by main man Kyle Wilson’s swooping, soaring vocals.

      Milagres deliver recurring images of empty beaches, shafts of light, isolated mountain ranges and memories of childhood.

      With Kyle Wilson’s vocals sitting comfortably in the lineage of great rock falsettos, from Prince to Wild Beasts, ‘Glowing Mouth’ is a record remarkable for its confidence and poise, dynamics and drama.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Darryl says: A fabulous debut album from this Brooklyn five piece. Delicate and intricate with an effortless swooning grace, this is intelligent and thoughtful music that belies the bands tender years.

      Elephant

      Assembly EP

        Debut EP from hotly tipped London based band.

        Elephant are Amelia Rivas (vocals, keys) and Christian Pinchbeck (guitars, computers).

        French-by-way-of-Pontefract chanteuse Amelia Rivas met Christian Pinchbeck back in May 2010, since when they’ve been quietly creating some hauntingly fragile songs with a sense of mystery and history that belies their teenage years, picking up strong radio and press support along the way.

        Elephant are heading out on tour for the first time, supporting Chapel Club and Casiokids, as well as appearing at SWN Festival

        Currently writing toward their debut album which is due some time in 2012.

        STAFF COMMENTS

        Darryl says: A beautiful debut EP, from this duo with lots of promise. Recalls the likes of AR Kane and Microdisney at their pomp. Can't wait for the album!!

        The Go! Team

        Rolling Blackouts

          The Go! Team return with album number three, including guest appearances from Bethany Best Coast and Satomi from Deerhoof. If you bought the previous two Go! Team albums then you're in for another treat here, albeit one that doesn't differ much from its predecessors. Charging headlong into a blistering mash-up of b-boy hip hop breaks, catchy indie guitar hooks, easy-pop melodies and bratty rap (all with nuff treble to make your ears ring), "Rolling Blackouts" is like being mugged by hand-clapping ADD tweenies in an inner city playground. Boisterous, energetic, and with an infectious charm, it's hard not to love The Go! Team's sunny demeanour.


          "Buffalo" is the latest album from kaleidoscopic pop group The Phoenix Foundation, whose last album "Happy Ending" (originally released on the legendary Flying Nun label), had critics hailing them as New Zealand’s best kept secret.

          From intelligent and infectiously catchy pop / rock gems, to epic, psychedelic prog rock, "Buffalo" combines sun bleached harmonies, chiming guitars, progressive synth scapes and subliminal rhythms to glorious effect.

          “Surely the most potent band to come out of New Zealand since the far-off days of the Chills… Gorgeous” - The Independent (5 stars)

          “The future, and the past, seldom sounded so delightful” - Q.

          STAFF COMMENTS

          Martin says: While most bands are supernovae, all explosive energy and creativity expended in one brilliant moment before quickly fading, there is another rarer form that reaches maturity more slowly, honing and developing its craft and tending to have a much longer productive life. Auckland’s Phoenix Foundation have taken 10 years to realise the sublime, effortless meander of “Buffalo”, and it’s quickly apparent from the album’s opener, “Eventually” that it’s been well worth the wait. Its drifting, captivating languor sets the scene for the rest of the LP, which manages that difficult balance of being entirely good natured without being trivial and laid back without being soporific. Their engaging psychedelic pop is easily carried by vocal harmonies and hooks that stick, earworms that caress rather than annoy. If you haven’t been reeled in by the gentle glow of “Golden Ship”, which closes the album, then you probably never will be and, frankly, there’s probably something wrong with you.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Eventually
          2. Buffalo
          3. Flock Of Hearts
          4. Pot
          5. Bitte Bitte
          6. Skeleton
          7. Orange & Mango
          8. Bailey's Beach
          9. Wonton
          10. Golden Ship

          Frankie Rose And The Outs

          Frankie Rose And The Outs

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            "Frankie Rose And The Outs" is the debut album from ex-Vivian Girl Crystal Stilt, and Dum Dum Girl Ms Frankie Rose.

            Frankie, with her former bands, has been at the forefront of a scene that mixed the sounds of lo-fi garage, big reverb-drenched Phil Spector-produced 60s girl groups, the noise aesthetic of the Jesus And Mary Chain with a touch of Velvet Underground and a strong DIY ethic to create a sound that’s influenced a new generation of bands around the world.

            On her new group’s self-titled Memphis Industries debut, Frankie Rose And The Outs have their heads in the clouds a bit more than Rose’s previous projects.

            Listening to the ghostly golden oldie grooves of songs like "Candy" and the pedal-pounding "That’s What People Told Me", it’s as if the Cocteau Twins and Shangri-Las made a split album with the help of a time machine and a freshly-acquitted Phil Spector.

            STAFF COMMENTS

            Darryl says: Riding on the current wave of cute 60s bubblegum sounds ala Best Coast comes Frankie Rose's new band. Lo-fi meets Spector-esque reverb meets JAMC's noise aesthetics, and hits now!

            Abs says: Includes a gorgeous version of Arthur Russell's "You Can Make Me Feel Bad".

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Hollow Life
            2. Candy
            3. Little Brown Haired Girls
            4. Lullabye For Roads And Miles
            5. That's What People Told Me
            6. Memo
            7. Must Be Nice
            8. Girlfriend Island
            9. You Can Make Me Feel Bad
            10. Don’t Tred
            11. Save Me

            Tokyo Police Club

            Champ

              The follow up to 2007’s mini album "A Lesson In Crime" and the 2008 full length debut "Elephant Shell", "Champ" was recorded in spring on 2010 in LA, with Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith) on production duty. "Champ" manages to encompass the compelling tautness and energy of "A Lesson In Crime" with the sweet melodic introspection of "Elephant Shell", ending up as Tokyo Police Club’s most fully realised work to date. Stand out songs include the electronic pop of "Bambi", the curiously titled opening duo "Favourite Food" and "Favourite Colour" and the urgently anthemic "Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)".

              STAFF COMMENTS

              Darryl says: After loving their first mini album, "A Lesson In Crime", and being a bit disappointed with the full lengther "Elephant Shell" I wasn't sure what to expect with "Champ". But I'm pleased to report that Tokyo Police Club are back on track, "Champ" showcases a bright and fresh sound with melodies falling over themselves in urgent abandonment.

              TRACK LISTING

              01 Favourite Food
              02 Favourite Colour
              03 Breakneck Speed
              04 Boots Of Danger (Wait Up)
              05 Bambi
              06 End Of A Spark
              07 Hands Reversed
              08 Gone
              09 Big Difference
              10 Not Sick
              11 Frankenstein

              Field Music

              Field Music (Measure)

                Following a self-imposed three year hiatus Sunderland's Field Music return with a new 20 track double album. Powered, as ever, by brothers and co-front men Peter and David Brewis, "Field Music (Measure)" is a gloriously rich LP that entwines the brother's renewed love of the rock music cannon with a rediscovery of some of pop's overlooked adventurers.
                From the dissonant funk of "Let's Write A Book" (a call to arms for the perpetually apologetic), the mutated blues of "Each Time Is A New Time" (a riposte to misplaced faith in repetition), the chopping and splashing pop of "Them That Do Nothing" (perhaps about a valiant willingness to make mistakes), the multilayered riffery of "The Rest Is Noise" or the epic found-sound song cycle that starts with "See You Later" "Field Music (Measure)" is the sound of one of the UK's finest bands in supreme and confident control.



                TRACK LISTING

                1. In The Mirror
                2. Them That Do Nothing
                3. Each Time Is A New Time
                4. Measure
                5. Effortlessly
                6. Clear Water
                7. Lights Up
                8. All You'd Ever Need To Say
                9. Let's Write A Book
                10. You And I
                11. The Rest Is Noise
                12. Curves Of The Needle
                13. Choosing Numbers
                14. The Wheels Are In Place
                15. First Come The Wish
                16. Precious Plans
                17. See You Later
                18. Something Familiar
                19. Share The Words
                20. It's About Time

                Theoretical Girl

                Divided

                  Recorded last autumn in North London, "Divided"s twelve tales of unrequited love, mistakes and regrets are juxtaposed against twisting melodies and grooves, as evidenced on features recent singles "Rivals" and "Red Mist".

                  Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards

                  Saltwater

                    Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards is the new project from the voice of Absentee. "Saltwater" ushers in a starker, more fragile sound. Melancholy has never sounded so inviting. The album features contributions from The Rumblestrips, The Magic Numbers, Broken Family Band and Fields, amongst others.

                    The Week That Was

                    The Week That Was

                      New album from the Sunderland based Field Music stable this time helmed by Peter Brewis. An epic 32 minutes, sonically inspired by the Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Japan and Peter Gabriel. A loosely conceptual album based around a dreamt up murder mystery and the strain between the public's reliance and distrust of mass media.

                      El Perro Del Mar

                      From The Valley To The Stars

                        El Perro Del Mar is the alter ego of Sarah Assbring. Her second album is an opus, chock full of non-traditional folk songs that explore the world at large. She's joined at times on the record by members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphonic Choir.

                        The Ruby Suns

                        Sea Lion

                          "Sea Lion" is a massive step forward from the critically adored 2007 debut record. Whereas the first leaned heavily on the influence of Brian Wilson, "Sea Lion" displays a dizzying breadth of musical styles from African and Polynesian folk music, to flamenco, to eighties synth pop, to Disney movie soundtracks.

                          Arthur & Yu

                          In Camera

                            Arthur & Yu are Seattle's answer to Nancy & Lee. A beautifully hazy record, "In Camera" is the perfect album to compliment the coming of Autumn. Think drifty, 60s, folky pop, half Velvets for its lo-fi simplicity and half West-coast dreamland for its otherworldly laidbackness. Lovely.

                            Blue States

                            First Steps Into...

                              Having mutated into a trio for the last Blue States album "The Soundings", Andy Dragazis is back on his own as a one-man band again for the follow up. "First Steps Into..." is one of those upbeat downbeat albums, taking that anthemic indie-rock song template and applying it to instrumental music, or bringing us the kind of breaks-driven cinematic UNKLE are so fond of. Chock-full of lush strings, soaring synths and strong melodies, this album is sure to find space in your CD collection.

                              Field Music

                              Tones Of Town

                                The second album from Sunderland's Field Music, and it's an absolute beaut! It's a prog/pop meltdown with lush Beach Boys' harmonies being constantly scuppered by the maddest arrangements and crazy/cool detours. Some of the playing is of the highest order but there's nothing pompous here, it's a completely playful record. The only band who come close are XTC. Now that's a recommendation for you!

                                Field Music

                                Field Music

                                  The band are Peter Brewis, David Brewis and Andy Moore – together they are godfathers of the Sunderland scene having produced The Futureheads first single, and set up the mysterious 8 Studio where the Golden Virgins, Maximo Park and The Futureheads recorded their first material. Theirs is a very different musical path though, weaving a distinctly English route, their psyche tinged pop songs with falsetto vocals, piano, viola and violin in the mix create an intriguing sound - a bit Syd Barrett, a bit Sgt. Pepper, a bit XTC with a bit of Robert Wyatt thrown in for good measure.

                                  Absentee

                                  Donkey Stock

                                    Melancholic, poignant and witty, Absentee's debut mini album offers a peepshow view of their world. Equal parts humorous, tragic, dour and dirty, "Donkey Stock" is a rich, confident debut. While Dan Michealson's distinctive drawl tells tales of love gone sour and awkward sex, the band lilt and lunge with genuine passion. For reference think Smog at their most tuneful or Leonard Cohen on happy pills backed by The Velvet Underground.

                                    J Xaverre

                                    These Acid Stars

                                      Having gained his reputation blending electronica with his songwriting instincts, J Xaverre (AKA Pete Gofton ex-Kenickie) has made an album several notches up from his previous lo-fi explorations. Described by Jockey Slut as being 'fashioned in the vein of a one man Beta Band'.

                                      Fort Lauderdale

                                      The Chilling Place

                                        A weird and wonderful combination of soaring vocals, drunken horns and bubbling synths. The title track is taken from the forthcoming "Pretty Monster" album and comes backed with two new tracks "She's In Bloom" is a lovely Velvets-esque song, and "Incantation" is a cover version of a Bruce Haak track.

                                        Fort Lauderdale

                                        Rock 'n' Roll

                                          Over its three and a bit minutes, "Rock And Roll" charts a journey from the regret of the moning after the night before, through (with the help of hard riffing synths, piano, strings and of course guitars) to the euphoria of yet another night of decadence.

                                          Fort Lauderdale

                                          Flux1912

                                            Quirky, psychedelic downbeat-folk on Memphis Industries (Broadway Project, Blue States etc). #3 in the Zzub chart!


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