New Releases - 27th September

New Releases - 27th September

22 September, 2010
by: Music Team

Everything's turned meh...

Spectrals – Peppermint
Moshi Moshi

At the time of writing it's unusually warm for the middle of September. At the time of reading however, I'm reliably informed by Chloe that it will be the cold, wet miserable British winter.

So thanks Spectrals for this delightful Hawaiian riff filled, dreamy summer jaunt across the beach. Thanks for reminding us that here it will soon be dark at 5 O'clock. Thanks for making sure everyone who hears this will neglect calls from overseas relatives out of spite. Thanks a lot! 4/5
JG

The Charlatans – My Foolish Pride
Cooking Vinyl

It’s been twenty years now and The Charlatans hit machine just keeps rolling on.

This catchy, if slightly sickly sixties inspired pop song is reminiscent of The Beach Boys, but the chorus is a bit lacklustre and Tim Burgess’ vocal harmonies sound weirdly auto-tuned at points. Nice enough but it won’t be remembered as a classic. 3/5
SJ

Wombats – Tokyo
Warners

With an opening like the power up before a Mario Cart race, The Wombats’ new single ‘Tokyo’ has all the elements you’d expect from these scouse indie-poppers.

There’s the over-excitable synth build-ups and obligatory breaks for crazy dancing, interspersed by super catchy choruses that will inevitably be sung-along to by those at that stage of drunk when you no longer care and are mystified on finding you know all the lyrics.  It all fits to a formula a bit too predictably and you can even see the penultimate key-change coming like a Pokemon with a big stick about to poke you in the eye. 2.5/5
AH

Kylie Minogue – Get outta my way
Parlophone

If there is such a thing as a standard Kylie sound, this is it. It'll fit right in at clubs, it'll sit merrily in the charts for a while, but there's nothing new about it.

It's got a standard good beat to it and is kinda catchy - it's one of those songs you sing without remembering any of the words (sorry to the people on the desks next to me). Hate to sound like Simon Cowell, but it's distinctly average. 2.5/5
EB

King Midas Sound – Lost
Hypderdub

Lost has some tight production; the shuddering kick drum beats, seeping synths, and an aching murmur make the song increasingly chilling. I'm going to take the easy route here by pointing out their comparison to Massive Attack, which is quite a compliment (or a poisoned chalice) but then I suppose most acts in their category get that.

Mixed feelings or, (if I'm being honest), apathetic. 2/5
CW

The Twilight Sad – Wrong Car
One Little Indian

Unfortunately, The Twilight Sad almost share their name with a best-telling book/film series about teenage vampires which, let's face it, none of us want to be associated with. But don't let that put you off: the single isn't actually all that bad.

Admittedly, it does have all the fairly generic ambient sounds and plinky-plonky flourishes that most indie-rock artists seem to churn out with gusto these days, but it manages to pull the whole thing off quite nicely. The best thing is that front-man James Graham's thick Scottish accent juxtaposes really well with the music, giving the song a quirky edge - even if you can't always quite catch what he's saying. 2.5/5
LBH

Mark Ronson and the Business International – Bike Song
Columbia

I find this a bit confusing, the retro feel is kind of fun, even if it's been done a million times. However it is marred somewhat by the gratuitous rap in the middle which fails to gel with the rest of the song. Luckily there isn't a lot to mar: not much happens in three minutes fifty of blandness.

Saying that it does stick in your head; I had to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep three times under my breath to get it out. 2/5
LG

Killing Joke – European Super State
Spinefarm Records

This sounds like a lot of old men fussing about music. The production's bad, though some would probably say it adds to the echoey, distant vibe of the single, however I'd say it sounds like they recorded it in the depths of an ancient crisp packet.

The song never reaches the 'epic' standards it desperately seeks and at over four minutes it's far too long. The minute I take my headphones off I can't remember a single part of it.  1/5
LD

Oh yeah, we dissed the Killing Joke - and it felt like laughing at goth at a bus stop. So there.

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Music Team