When I saw The Duloks the other month I thought, that despite being an incredibly fun live act, they didn't have that many songs that made the grade. Their best song, and believe me it stood out by a mile, was (I'm Gonna Follow) Your Star Trail and it's no surprise to find that this will be the bands début single.It's an incredibly catchy, addictive song about doomed love with lead singer Mira Duloks vocals at their finest. Sadly it goes all wrong with the other songs and the band try just a little to hard and run out of ideas in their quest to become the 21st century's answer to Half Man Half Biscuit. Only Bad Vegetarian gets any where with the lyrics chiding veggies who eat fish. I would recommend picking up for Star Trail but don't expect anything else. I am not sure if they have anything as strong to follow this but here is hoping to be proved wrong. Oh yeah - go and see them live. It's worth it for the banter alone!
The single is out on April 30th on Art Goes Pop.
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The Low Miffs have something of the air of Postcard Records about them and this is further enhanced as it has recently been revealed that ex Orange Juice/Josek K chappie Malcom Ross will be playing guitar with them on their forthcoming tour with The Horrors.Both tracks on the new single Earl Grey b/w This Is The New have that art school mixed with indie disco sound which is a winner to this reviewers ears. Earl Grey also draws inspiration from the post punk sound of Joy Division and early New Order but I actually prefer the flip side which leans to Edinburgh and the Fire Engines rather than their Glasgow heroes. Excellent!
The single is out on April 30th on Art Goes Pop.
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Mumm-Ra continue their pillaging of the UK's alternative rock scene of the past 17 years in both their sound and choice of song title in the form of She's Got You High. If that has got you thinking of Blur then you are right on both counts as this could have been released on Food Records in the early 1990's and no one would have been the wiser. If pushed to admit it I would say it's not too bad a song and is a marked improvement compared to the previous single What Would Steve Do? However why do I get the impression this lot will be promoting hair gel and piss weak lager at venues up and down the country?The single is out on Columbia Records on 14th May 2007.
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Band Of Horses hail from Seattle, USA and it's no surprise to hear that they have their state side releases on Sub Pop. This single on Kids label features one track from the recent Everything All The Time album alongside a non album one.Sadly, despite the impressive PR, neither of these get my pulses racing. Both tracks could be described as epic in the Arcade Fire/Flaming Lips sense and whilst I can appreciate the appeal this may have to others both dulled the senses and is not something I would really want to listen to out of choice again. More worryingly I am not sure which direction the Kids label is now taking after their early burst of fine indie pop releases. This release doesn't allay any fears.
The Funeral is released by Kids on 21st May 2007.
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