Manchester five piece Polytechnic seem to be tipped for big things and have supported the likes of The Strokes and Keane. Cold Hearted Business is a catchy effort that may have you bouncing off the walls and has something of a sing along anthem feel to it. It makes me want to shuffle my feet or summat and you should join in too before the predicted over exposure kills the song stone dead and we all deny liking the track in the first place. Stream it via My Space.The gothic electronica of London's The Black Ghosts and their new single Anyway You Choose To Give It has the opposite effect. I rarely use the word horrible to describe music but I am afraid that's what this is. Countless salvage jobs (sorry I mean remixes) including one from the excellent Whip cannot save this sorry mess and this is hardly a surprise seeing as the original version so bland. Trash without the electro prefix and last seen heading towards Camden's The Electric Ballroom.
Snowfight In The City Centre seem to be turning into The Doves. Like the latter the snowballed chappies started out as a New Order influenced outfit (Lisa Brown to The Doves Sub Sub) and now seem to be progressing nicely into the role of indie rock titans as per Echo & The Bunnymen. This was the role I thought the Doves were heading for before they got somewhat derailed and The Bunnymen came back to life! Six Seconds is a safe choice for a single and as you may expect it has a somewhat "eighties" epic feel about it despite the somewhat corny lyrics such as "I don't want to wait six seconds more/I don't want to wait". Why rush chaps? Despite the soaring and catchy melodies it is not a natural progression from the previous single No Light Left but is more of a consolidation tactic. Stream here.The Lea Shores come over all Delays like on Guillotine. Parts of the chorus remind me so much like the latter's Higher Than Heaven it's uncanny. It's a poppier take on shoegazing with more psychedelic influences than you know what to do with thrown in for good measure. The band pull it off with miles to spare. B-side Say What You Will homes in on the aforementioned psychedelic influences in a kind of cute Spirtitualized meets The Left Outsides sort of way. Catchy stuff and ones to watch out for.
Another week and another Field Music single from The Tones of Town album drops through the door. The album finally managed to shake off the Futureheads comparisons which haunted the band because they had shared a member in the past. It's all very experimental or eccentric depending on your viewpoint and both sides of the single seem to be heavily influenced by The Beatles and ELO. That isn't as bad as it sounds and I will be playing She Can Do What She Wants a few more times before the next single from the album drops on the door mat which will no doubt be in about a fortnight. The flip side Sit Tighter can be streamed via My Space.
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