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SINGLE OF THE WEEK
Sweet Apple – I've Got a Feeling (That Won't Change)
Tee Pee
Now, I’ve heard my fair share of total and utter shite in my time at the Spoonfed offices, usually every Wednesday when singles are doled out. Er, Fan Death? The Courteeners? CHRIS BROWN?
Imagine my surprise then, when this glistening alternative-rock gem of a record flooded my eardrums like a wave of redemptive indulgence. Any band featuring a man who has spent the last 20 years living as a Garth from Wayne’s World lookalike (J Mascis) gains an automatic bonus point, but this doesn’t need the leg up. It’s loud, fast, rough, and comes with 3 doses of long hair – just how I prefer my sexual intercourse. Superb. 5/5
JL
Kisses – Bermuda
Transparent
Californian duo Kisses make some kind of dreamy electro hybrid of '80s pop, which on the face of it, I'd usually expect to hate with a burning passion. However you can't help but be drawn into this intoxicating love song.
Perhaps it’s just because its April, the sun has shined a couple of times and we're getting all excited about the summer here at Spoonfed, but the pair's woozy world of eternal sunshine just sounds great. 4/5
RM
Dan Deacon – Woof Woof
Southern Records
Judging by the pure hyperactive lunacy of this latest release from Baltimore’s weirdest resident, I think it’s safe to say that Dan Deacon is definitely no wallflower. 'Woof Woof' is a day-glo tie-dye t-shirt in musical form!
4 and a bit minutes of pure electronic madness rendered in pounding drums, soaring organs, crazy gibberish and one of the most upliftingly scatty bass lines I’ve heard for a while: if military super-computers could have wet dreams, then they would sound like this. 4/5
DH
The Nerve Scheme – Punks Not Punk
Jailhouse Records
“Fat punks from Vancouver? What's not to like?” So opined Spoonfed's Live Music Editor Dominic Haley only this afternoon. And he's just returned from a mammoth holiday round the old US of A so he of all people should know. Welcome back Dom!
Strictly speaking, The Nerve Scheme are actually from Virginia, but hey, facts schmacts, the point still stands. Loud, bratty, fat and fun, these guys have completely made my day. 4/5
TJ
Yacht – The Afterlife
DFA
A refreshing tune and quite bizarre. Its flat key is hit halfway through with surprising indie ups and an airy instrumental. The lyrics may feel a touch patriotic and the melody rather sullen, but it adds a 'middle ages/Friar Tuck' feel to the song. Consider the electronic aspect, and it's King Arthur partying with a depro Postal Service. An interesting listen. Jonathan Bechtolt and Claire Evans have devised something deliciously different.
Ooooooh ooooooh...the afterlife. 3.5/5
SC
The Hornblower Brothers – Give and Receivers
Static Caravan
Don't be put off by the fact that Steve Lamacq ("the patron saint of borecore" as The Skinny refer to him) is a fan, this happy little number actually is good.
It tells a charming, hummable tale of "wide eyed believers, give and receivers" and the take-the-biscuit cool kids who take them for a ride. It does teeter on timid, but then it's mild mannered, quirky, upbeat, good, wholesome-sounding fun, guaranteed to put a suitably seasonal spring in your step. 3/5.
LR
The Pipettes – Stop The Music
Polka Dot Sound
Blimey, The Pipettes have nearly had as many line-up changes as the Sugababes, and that is a mighty achievement. Don’t worry though: they may only have two girls in the group and no original members, but they still know how to make a catchy tune with dance routines to boot.
Check out the video to be wowed by Ani and Beth’s stunning looks and their pretty dresses, which I’m of course not at all jealous of. 2.2/5
SC
Diana Vickers – Once
RCA
I actually didn't mind this song until I watched the video. Vickers' breathy vocals leave something to be desired and wouldn't be out of place on a Chicane 'dancefloor filler' (urgh) but there is a certain catchy jingle to the chorus that leaves me unable to pooh-pooh it fully.
However, the video gets a 100% pooh-poohing. I'd take the ditzy X Factor teenager over this irritatingly pouty wench any day. Although the bit where she tries to look sexy in a donkey costume did make me chuckle. 2/5
EM
The Filthy Six – Get Carter
Acidiajazz
Well unfortunately it's nothing to write home about,, but it almost works in this good weather. However anything by Will Smith also seems to sound great on a summer’s day. It's worrying how deluded the sun can make us.
On closer inspection, the percussion is flaccid, the trumpets are an ineffective token of what they're trying to achieve, and the whole thing sounds sadly empty without a melodic vocal hook, something that Big Will would have nailed. 2/5
RS
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