The penultimate time For Science reach the chorus they drop a line to rush in and the guitars fall out and they play with just the drums, the final time they sing the chorus John Slovan jumps an octave on the last couplet and it is all a delricious (new word, delerious and delicious at the same time) rush of promised desire deliverance.
Sorry Only Counts The First Time – Wesley Wolfe – I am trying to hold off writing about Wesley till I get closer to the releast date but this is another cracker from the most cheerful depressive. Writing catchy pop songs is an art and doing it with the minimum of fuss the way Wesley goes about it is a plus. When your bridge goes “There’s a black hole behind my face” all the sweetness in the world can’t hide the bile.
This Is the One Thing We Did Not Want To Happen – The Brian Jonestown Massacre – I was streaming this off their website last year and quite loving it as well but within its obstreperous catechisms, it runs a little shallower then I thought and I believe it’s because it works better within the context of the Who Killed Sgt Pepper’s album.
Paradise Circus (Breakege’s Tight Rope Remix) – Massive Attack – I must admit I was a little disappointed with the album. I didn’t expect Mezzanine but I did expect more. Not on this remix -a shuderring dub behind a sexy whisper of a vocal, “I know why the devil makes it so but we like it when we’re spinning in his grin…” Hot and cool…
Devil’s Eyes (Diplo’s Way Too Long Mix) – Drop The Lime – I haven’t been overhelmed by the EP but for some reason I haven’t been in the mood for dance late. But this remix is a crashing ouija board of sound: it’s all background bass bouncing and then simmering in the background. Live, this song is much closer to a rock song (Luca Venezia fronts Drop The Lime as though they were a rock band whose lead instrument was the bass not the guitar) but on the remix it is the essential pure dance music. Diplo s really really good.
A More Perfect Union – Titus Andronicus – I still don’t feel at ease with the story line: it’ll take a lot of listens. But on this opener, Stickles is leaving New Jersey though quite why he is not sure. But the Springsteen ethos gets stuck on its head with Patrick taking the bus outta town. A More perfect beginning to this trip is hard to imagine.
Thank You, Too – My Morning Jacket – Two years ago but it feels like a lifetime ago after all Jim James’ buggering about in 2009. Southern rock as southern soul.
I.R.S. – Guns ‘N’ Roses – This is what the world didn’t like? THIS???? An awesome car wreck of a song.