'Truelove's Gutter' is released on Monday. It's the new album from Richard Hawley. Who he? He's the syrup-toned Yorkshireman who you'll have heard playing with the Longpigs back in the day, famously with Pulp and more recently with Elbow. That you may know. What you may not know is he also played on tracks with Robbie Williams and All Saints? 'For Your Lover Give Some Time' is delicious. And I may just melt when he plays it tonight at the Fly.
Lush. Sublime. Twisted. I could go on. Have a listen to Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarves and, without looking at the title of the track, see how long it is before you recognise the song they're covering. I bet it's not less than a minute.
My choice from 'Speech Therapy', 'Spinnin''. By Speech Debelle. Speech, speech, speech we cried as she took to the stage to collect her award from Mr Boogie Woogie. 'Whooooooooooo?' was the cry of many others. Of course if they'd been listening to The Soundtrack to July 2009, as I'm sure you were, they'd have known all about Speech a long time ago. Though the album only came out then...
Massive Monday downer. So what better way to wake up the week than with a spot of Radiohead? Not since its release have I listened to 'Amnesiac'. Not all the way through, certainly. Just over halfway through, I've got to say it makes a lot more sense post 'In Rainbows'. And a much more listenable listen. Still way ahead of their time. It's as if the albums were released in the wrong order. If you've not been there, since, do go now. I think you'll be filled with wonky-eyed surprised.
This is Neon Snakes, 'Fontan' (the 'a' has got a couple of dots over the top of it but I don't know how to keyboarderise them.) It's great. Really naughty bass kicks off the track which slowly builds to an epic instrumental - bar the occasional woo woohs - more than vaguely reminiscent of the mighty Death In Vegas. No bad thing. Very possibly the opening to the Soundtrack to September.
'This Momentary' by Delphic. Not as good as 'Counterpoint' but if you like Friendly Fires, LCD Soundsystem, or going back further, New Order you want to be listening to this right now. Now.
An ever schizophrenic mishmash for August. From the angry drool of Alice in Chains, a record I must add may take your head off. To the happy-go-lucky Duckworth Lewis Method. From the euphoric, energy-injected elation of Felix da Housecat, back back back; to the so-laid-back-they’re practically horizontal, Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards.
