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Breathe Carolina, the I.D, So Many Wizards, The Colour Movement all release their singles today, and what do they sound like? Read on...
Review: Breathe Carolina – Blackout [Single]
Label: Fearless Records
Score: 9/10
First impressions are paramount aren’t they? I was expecting punchy guitars and stabbing drums in the style of Panic at the Disco! et al, but my goodness, I had a shock on my ass when the first few bars bounced into my ears. Breathe Carolina have brought back what HelloGoodbye made us fall in love with in the naughties, which is electro spunk wrapped in pop punk lyrics and soaked in neon beats. Breathe Carolina, the delicious Denver duo, have morphed auto-tuned vocals, which are crisp fragments of feverishly infectious vocal gymnastics, whilst the electronic melody is rebounding from ear to ear, zapping my senses into another dimension.
Review: So Many Wizards – Lose Your Mind [Single]
Label: JAXART Records
Score: 8/10
There’s no better feeling than wading through the riff raff of the thousands of indie bands out there flailing about like madmen (and women) trying desperately to get you to listen to them, but you come across an absolute auralgasm of a track through pure luck. I stumbled across So Many Wizards’ ‘Lose Your Mind’ this morning and its pop perfection in every way. Think Temper Trap sandwich with a Kooks tasting filling. These Los Angeles legends serenade us about nostalgia, and the simple days of innocent youth where mum’s word was pure golden truth. This is an absolute must on your summer soundtrack, a haunting tale captured in jangly guitars and steady bass, which in turn, restores your faith in indie, guitar led music.
http://soundcloud.com/jaxart/lose-your-mind/s-Wxl3f
Review: the I.D - Age Anti Age [Single]
Label: Duchamp Records
Score: 2/10
Described as “Post-Punk” - whatever that means, the I.D seem to be lost in what the hell they actually are. Latest single ‘Age Anti Age’ is a scrappy piece of material lost in the tumble dryer of scrappyness. Where is the track going? Nowhere. Lyrically you can’t forgive it, musically, it’s lost and mashed up into a pile of washing with little white pieces on (you know when you leave a tissue in your jeans pocket, damn that’s annoying). Drop the effects off the production radar and you’re left with, well, a sense of musical abandonment.
http://soundcloud.com/duchamp-records/age-anti-age
Review: The Colour Movement - Future Man [Single]
Label: Gods in the Records
Score: 5/10
Taking a completely different approach to song writing, The Colour Movement have “collaborated” (I use the term, “collaborated” loosely) with Sky1’s Gadget Geeks for ‘Future Man.’ It’s difficult to explain without watching this video below first:
Interestingly, The Whip were originally lined up to create a record for the show but due to a disgruntled management fat cat, they pulled out of the task quite very quickly. Enter, The Colour Movement. Stripped down, the Sky 1 Gadget Geeks created a “Songwriting Machine” to create, yep that’s right, songs. By typing in a few words this crazy machine creates melody, lyrics and a little artist package to basically write a tune. The raw outcome of the machine is pretty disturbing, but by taking the melody and chord progression from the “Songwriting Machine,” The Colour Movement delivered a very easy-listening, and fundamentally catchy single.
‘Future Man’ has the hooks and summer vibe to pick you up after a long day in the office. By ticking all the boxes of a pop brick, The Colour Movement are an interesting new group and it’s great to see something slightly different when it comes to putting pen to paper (in this case, a machine) and creating something that is worth a play/repeat.
Review: Breathe Carolina – Blackout [Single]
Label: Fearless Records
Score: 9/10
First impressions are paramount aren’t they? I was expecting punchy guitars and stabbing drums in the style of Panic at the Disco! et al, but my goodness, I had a shock on my ass when the first few bars bounced into my ears. Breathe Carolina have brought back what HelloGoodbye made us fall in love with in the naughties, which is electro spunk wrapped in pop punk lyrics and soaked in neon beats. Breathe Carolina, the delicious Denver duo, have morphed auto-tuned vocals, which are crisp fragments of feverishly infectious vocal gymnastics, whilst the electronic melody is rebounding from ear to ear, zapping my senses into another dimension.
Review: So Many Wizards – Lose Your Mind [Single]
Label: JAXART Records
Score: 8/10
There’s no better feeling than wading through the riff raff of the thousands of indie bands out there flailing about like madmen (and women) trying desperately to get you to listen to them, but you come across an absolute auralgasm of a track through pure luck. I stumbled across So Many Wizards’ ‘Lose Your Mind’ this morning and its pop perfection in every way. Think Temper Trap sandwich with a Kooks tasting filling. These Los Angeles legends serenade us about nostalgia, and the simple days of innocent youth where mum’s word was pure golden truth. This is an absolute must on your summer soundtrack, a haunting tale captured in jangly guitars and steady bass, which in turn, restores your faith in indie, guitar led music.
http://soundcloud.com/jaxart/lose-your-mind/s-Wxl3f
Review: the I.D - Age Anti Age [Single]
Label: Duchamp Records
Score: 2/10
Described as “Post-Punk” - whatever that means, the I.D seem to be lost in what the hell they actually are. Latest single ‘Age Anti Age’ is a scrappy piece of material lost in the tumble dryer of scrappyness. Where is the track going? Nowhere. Lyrically you can’t forgive it, musically, it’s lost and mashed up into a pile of washing with little white pieces on (you know when you leave a tissue in your jeans pocket, damn that’s annoying). Drop the effects off the production radar and you’re left with, well, a sense of musical abandonment.
http://soundcloud.com/duchamp-records/age-anti-age
Review: The Colour Movement - Future Man [Single]
Label: Gods in the Records
Score: 5/10
Taking a completely different approach to song writing, The Colour Movement have “collaborated” (I use the term, “collaborated” loosely) with Sky1’s Gadget Geeks for ‘Future Man.’ It’s difficult to explain without watching this video below first:
Interestingly, The Whip were originally lined up to create a record for the show but due to a disgruntled management fat cat, they pulled out of the task quite very quickly. Enter, The Colour Movement. Stripped down, the Sky 1 Gadget Geeks created a “Songwriting Machine” to create, yep that’s right, songs. By typing in a few words this crazy machine creates melody, lyrics and a little artist package to basically write a tune. The raw outcome of the machine is pretty disturbing, but by taking the melody and chord progression from the “Songwriting Machine,” The Colour Movement delivered a very easy-listening, and fundamentally catchy single.
‘Future Man’ has the hooks and summer vibe to pick you up after a long day in the office. By ticking all the boxes of a pop brick, The Colour Movement are an interesting new group and it’s great to see something slightly different when it comes to putting pen to paper (in this case, a machine) and creating something that is worth a play/repeat.
