Spoonfed Singles Club with Pale Seas, MSMR and The Maccabees

Spoonfed Singles Club with Pale Seas, MSMR and The Maccabees

13 September, 2012
by: Music Team

Folk pop, why won't you leave us?

Pale Seas – Bodies/My Own Mind
Communion

Bodies / My Own Mind single by Pale Seas

Hmmm. It seems like I’m not quite as over the whole folk pop thing as much as I thought. Like when you bump into a ex-girlfriend who you still kind of fancy, a good indie folk song still has the ability to tug on the old heart strings, even though you know you should try and hate it.

The new single from Southampton’s Pale Seas has two things going for it. Firstly the vocal sounds awesome, and secondly, they’ve played down the sea-shanty elements and boosted up the paisley psych sound. The result is two songs that sound like a cross between early REM and The LAs; which is a pretty awesome combo any way you slice it. 4/5
DH

Best Friends – Surf Bitches
Too Pure Singles Club

Best Friends - Surf Bitches by Too Pure Singles Club

Argh! I don't know if I like this! It's kind of boring but relentlessly happy like the totally uninteresting friend you keep around because they cheer you up, like that girl from Clueless. With surf riffs galore, this is the last bastion of the summer. 3/5
NK

MSMR – Hurricane
RCA 

Hurricane by msmrsounds

The smooth, dark sounds of this rather silky single called hurricane makes me think that MSMR might not actually know what a hurricane is.

You know how there are some songs you listen to change you mood and there are some song that you listen to 'cos they fit your mood? Well this is the later if you're a seriously uncomplicated person with a penchant for the Twilight movies. 2.5/5
NK

Cave Painting – So Calm 
Third Rock

So Calm by Cave Painting

‘So Calm’ is about right I suppose. Inoffensive, safe, you might even say bland.  I’d call it the musical equivalent of a bowl of glass pebbles – pot pourri for the 21st century, last heard buried somewhere in the middle of a Nelly Furtado album. 

Best way to approach these songs is to smile, shake hands and move on quickly. 2/5

The Maccabees – Ayla
Polydor
Lola, Layla, Ayla, what is with these strangely named girls and their ability to capture the hearts of rock singers? I smell an illumanti style conspiracy here.

Odd connections aside  ‘Ayla’ is another slice of bland indie from a band who have  turned bland indie into something of an art form. I don’t what we were waiting for under the ‘Halcyon sky’ but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t worth it. Honestly these guys are one step up the ladder from Snow Patrol. 1/5
DH

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Music Team