New singles that I have now heard
Franz Ferdinand- Do You Want To?
Kind of boring, and hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come off the new album. If it is, I'd rather spend my listening time elsewhere. Sounds really lazy, uninspired. D
Bloc Party- Two More Years
I have no idea what BP are up to these days. They just put out the new video and single for Pioneers (in North America at least), have Silent Alarm still going strong due it's relative recent exposure to commercial radio here, and just dropped a Silent Alarm remixed album. And they're about to come back over to play all kinds of crappy venues on this side of the pond (playing Roseland, the Docks, Royal Oak Music Theatre wouldn't be a sign of increasing popularity in a utopian world.)
Yet they release this single, Two More Years, for whatever reason, and XFM the BBC are now playing the shit out of it. I think it's an underwhelming track given that they could milk much more out of Silent Alarm all the while the sound isn't very similar to most of that album. That isn't to say I don't like it, rather I'm not prepared yet for the softer side of Bloc Party to be extracted from the whole of how they're composed in my head at the moment, if that makes any sense. There is no edge to Two More Years and at first listen that's what distinguishes the song, which is no fair way to compare it to a previous body of work. While I wouldn't expect to hear it at a live show any time soon, it does have an endearing quality to its understatedness, and for once Kele's lyrics serve as the guide to the melody rather than the other way around. B-
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
I'm not even going to try to explain why I like this track other than saying if you enjoy Sigur Ros previously Glosoli isn't likely to disappoint. More beautiful work from the renowned Icelandic group, this track is as close feeling completeness from a sound recording as possible in a few months. Maybe the timing is just right for their re-emergence but Glosoli really embodies their full potential. A
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
If only this track was released in May or June it would have been easily been the song of the summer. Pon De Replay is a bunt single compared to this. No question Damian takes full advantage of having a strong lineage. A+
Kind of boring, and hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come off the new album. If it is, I'd rather spend my listening time elsewhere. Sounds really lazy, uninspired. D
Bloc Party- Two More Years
I have no idea what BP are up to these days. They just put out the new video and single for Pioneers (in North America at least), have Silent Alarm still going strong due it's relative recent exposure to commercial radio here, and just dropped a Silent Alarm remixed album. And they're about to come back over to play all kinds of crappy venues on this side of the pond (playing Roseland, the Docks, Royal Oak Music Theatre wouldn't be a sign of increasing popularity in a utopian world.)
Yet they release this single, Two More Years, for whatever reason, and XFM the BBC are now playing the shit out of it. I think it's an underwhelming track given that they could milk much more out of Silent Alarm all the while the sound isn't very similar to most of that album. That isn't to say I don't like it, rather I'm not prepared yet for the softer side of Bloc Party to be extracted from the whole of how they're composed in my head at the moment, if that makes any sense. There is no edge to Two More Years and at first listen that's what distinguishes the song, which is no fair way to compare it to a previous body of work. While I wouldn't expect to hear it at a live show any time soon, it does have an endearing quality to its understatedness, and for once Kele's lyrics serve as the guide to the melody rather than the other way around. B-
Sigur Ros - Glosoli
I'm not even going to try to explain why I like this track other than saying if you enjoy Sigur Ros previously Glosoli isn't likely to disappoint. More beautiful work from the renowned Icelandic group, this track is as close feeling completeness from a sound recording as possible in a few months. Maybe the timing is just right for their re-emergence but Glosoli really embodies their full potential. A
Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
If only this track was released in May or June it would have been easily been the song of the summer. Pon De Replay is a bunt single compared to this. No question Damian takes full advantage of having a strong lineage. A+
posted by David at 3:23 a.m.
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