Enquanto o primeiro EP - Random Walk - vagava entre temas aleatórios, este novo trabalho da Looking for Jenny tem a ansiedade como a sua espinha dorsal. Monkey Rudiments oferece uma boa dose de distorção e melodia, atrelada a histórias sobre acidentes de carros redentores e desilusões médicas. As seis faixas que compõem o disco foram gravadas na casa dos integrantes em São Carlos, interior de São Paulo, e produzidas pela própria banda.
Inicialmente um projeto solo de Thiago Werlang, o Looking for Jenny agora é um quarteto, com Bruno no baixo, Otávio na guitarra, Andrêi na bateria e Thiago na guitarra e voz. O EP contou com a masterização de Paulo Casaes e o toque artístico de Lê Almeida, transformando recortes, cola e tinta em uma bela capa. ~ Transfusão Noise Records
Papas Fritas’ self-titled debut album is a bracing set of indie power pop with an astonishing sense of both playfulness and studio mastery. In spots, Tony Goddess’ vocals are as rugged as on an old Replacements record, while the light-touch ballad “Passion Play” is a charming piece of chamber pop worthy of the Left Banke. While the lyrics are a bit lightweight in places, the group’s cunning pop sense and the bright harmony vocals of drummer Shivika Asthana produce a stunning pop album. ~ from AMG
There’s a large-hearted sweetness and a willful simplicity to Eternal Summers’ pogoing tunes that harkens back to the K Records roster in the ’90s — specifically, indie-pop acts like Tiger Trap and Henry’s Dress. But while there’s something almost childlike about the Roanoke, Virginia, duo’s The Dawn of Eternal Summers (“Speak a secret language I can’t hear,” Nicole Yun sings on the opening track, as trusting as if she were singing to her first love), there’s an undercurrent of melancholy to their songs that keeps them from inducing a toothache. A collection of their first EP and subsequent 7″s, Dawn Of unearths gem after jangly gem (most clocking in at less than two minutes) like the sassy, strutting “Heart Squeeze” to the irresistibly heart-on-its-sleeve “Fall Straight Back,” during which Yun implores in an all-out wail, “Please don’t leave me out of your plans.” The Dawn of Eternal Summersis such sweet sorrow, you’ll be glad it’s only the beginning. ~ from Emusic
Tracklist:
01. Loaded
02. Fall Straight Back
03. Able To
04. I Must Winter
05. In The Beginning
06. Heart Squeeze
07. Kry
08. Lightswitch
09. Season
10. Secret Language
11. Electric Blue
12. Dark Sonic
13. Into Your Arms (The Hummingbirds Cover)
14. A Salty Salute (Guided By Voices Cover)
15. Down To The Wire (Neil Young Cover)
Bela Infanta é uma banda de Joinville, Santa Catarina, formada em 2008 e com dois EP’s lançados. ‘Às Vezes Os Pássaros Não Voam Pro Mesmo Lugar No Inverno’, segundo EP lançado no final de 2011, é dark, melancólico, etéreo, cheio de melodias e instrumentais que impressionam. Belo trabalho!
Liechtenstein is back! Since 2007, this Gothenburg band has mixed vocal harmonies with post punk and warmed indiepop hearts in all corners of the world with six singles and the debut album ”Survival Strategies In A Modern World”. Five years after the first release ”Stalking Skills”, it’s finally time for Liechtenstein’s second album ”Fast Forward” – eleven pop songs that raise the band to a whole new level. This album is a pop gem filled with catchy post punk, jangly guitars, trumpets, piano and vocal harmonies, all arranged and produced with a sensitive touch. The production is crispier than before, emphasizing the vocals and putting focus on the lyrics. Because pop songs that make you want to dance has always only been one part of Liechtenstein, while the political side to the band, the commenting upon and depicting the time we live in, has been what really distinguishes Liechtenstein.
With songs like ”Heads On Golden Plates”, ”No Idealists Left” and ”Fast Forward”, Liechtenstein has created a strong (and dark) description of today’s Sweden. At the same time, it’s a record that picks up the musical heritage from the British 80’s pop scene, a time when bands like The Housemartins and McCarthy made the kids dance with their fists in the air. And who knows, it might happen again? ~ by Fraction Discs
Ben Cook Aka Young Guv (Fucked Up, Marvelous Darlings, The Bitters) and Marvelous Mark Fosco (Marvelous Darlings) lived together as flat mates for 4 years. Mark came home from his deli job one day with an illicit substance he traded a customer for a deli sandwich. The first session “Back to the Sun/Girlfriend Swap” cannot be remembered by either Roommate but nevertheless ended up on a run of 66 cassettes by now defunct label from the Arctic, Scotch Tapes. “Back To The Sun” is a smashing, soaring bit of power-pop that would sound right at home on a Power Pearls comp, complete with soaring harmonies and mod-ish drum fills. “Girlfriend Swap” is even more tumultuous, exploding in a blur of pop-art guitar flash.
The next session (“Kelly, I’m Not A Creep”/”1st Floor Blues”) was of a similar nature, and also ended up as a tape series by Scotch Tapes. “Kelly, I’m Not A Creep” is just an amazing ballad, radio-ready in some weird parallel universe where The Raspberries are on Midnight Special every week, Bram Tchaikovsky is still in The Records and American Bandstand still has skinny tie power-pop bands on every Saturday morning.
The Roommates played 5 shows in a small cafe in the east end of Toronto called “One Stop Sandwich & Coffee”. They were all matinees. The cafe was next to the Don Jail, and was mainly a place for family members visiting inmates to get a cup of joe and a donut. Although originally meant to be a band of extremely limited and rare pressings that no one would ever really hear, the songs are now smartly compiled on 7″ by Slumberland. Too catchy to be so secret. Too packed with mod/power-pop goodness to miss. ~ by Slumberland Records
This is wonderful!! Members from Perth 80′s pop group, The Rainyard, released this year a compilation through their Bandcamp page with all their songs including singles and unreleased tracks. The band has released some singles and mini-albums on Summershine, House of Wax and Bus Stop Label in the early 90′s. Now you can listen to all that pop treasure down here. Enjoy!
