This week’s singles in TLOBF’s sack of goodies is split straight down the middle between aggressive punk rock and sunshine filled indie-pop. There’s lovely.
Kicking, screaming and spitting it’s way to the front is Gallows with Abandon Ship. Crashing riffs and shouty vocals ahoy! Current darlings of the rock press, Gallows don’t exactly do anything different, but they certainly do it with plenty of energy. The riffs crash and burn into one another, the vocals rasp and grate against the backdrop of noise. Exhilarating stuff.
Time for the come down and who better than The Little Ones to sooth my throbbing brow. Lovers Who Uncover is designed for the summer time. Those chiming guitars and high pitched vocals bring the Delays to mind. This is great, feel good music that may, given time, take the indie-pop mantel away from the lost and wary Shins. Oh, and did I mention there were hand claps? I didn’t? Well, they go nicely with the chorus of “hey ho’s” that make this sound like one great big party that you want to join.
Something else suitably chipper to follow that and it’s To My Boy with Model. Which, from it’s opening bars of quirky electronica, reminds me of Kraftwerk’s The Model. It chugs, throbs and generally buzz’s with synthesisers and tilting guitars. If Ladytron had listened to more pop records perhaps they’d be To My Boy. This track bounces it’s way into your conscious until you find yourself humming the chorus over and over…
With such a strong set of singles, this weeks highlight was always going to be difficult. But this week see’s the continuing rise of Future of the Left with adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood. Crunching riffs entwined with Andrew Falkous’ oddly haunting and twisted vocals, this channels the same left-field vein as early Mclusky. This is a stripped back and basic thrill, there’s something deep in your skull that responds to those riffs, to those howling wails. It feels good. Really good.
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