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Our single of the week (6th January 2012)
...according to our Mike on Thu 29 Dec, 2011.
It was a bit of a welcome treat having this single turn up yesterday. On it we've got the excellent Vivian Girls/Woods offshoot Babies delivering a near-perfect slacker pop offering with alternating boy/girl vocals and a false ending and a dead catchy chorus. Total mix tape fodder with a bit of a Real Estate vibe to it, but with a harder garage edge. I reckon it's better than anything on their album, so if you enjoyed that then you really shouldn't sleep on this one, there's only 300 of them. Oh, and I almost forgot, there's a song on the other side by Italian-based Ottowan His Clancyness, who knocks out a dreamy and slightly more downbeat and heartfelt number that sounds a bit like Band of Horses. Apparently this song is a “fan favourite”, so if you're a fan then you're in luck. I like this song too but for me it's still the B-side after that stunning Babies track. Thoroughly recommended.
Think of Hazlewood and Sinatra, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Pisces and Linda Bruner, and other dream marriages. The Babies (Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods) are a roughed-up version of that dream marriages. Then take the best from all of that acts and mix it up. Ok, now you can imagine how Here Comes Trouble sounds. The catchiest cut ever written by the Brooklyn band is on side A.
You can move to side AA. The fan favourite Ottawa Backfired Soon is the kind of song you will play on repeat. Say "thank you" to Jonathan Clancy, aka His Clancyness, a native of Ottawa who has moved to Bologna, Italy, and is one of the most hyped artists on the net.
DJBabyBuster said:
Not sure why KIY records had to re-release a song already on an equally LTD 300 copy 7' that contained 2 songs by The Babies instead of being a split? Seems a poor choice, I really was all psyched for this!...until I realized I already had the song on the first 7' release from Teenage Teardrop Records here: http://teenageteardrops.com/in...
Sorry to be a wet blanket on this one. Maybe you love His Clancyness, I just wanted more from The Babies.So, what do you think? Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!
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