James Arden checks out the garage rockers latest album.
The Christian rock band from Brighton bring religion to the masses.
Recipe for modern R'n'B album: liberal helpings of guest rappers and an overdose of sexual euphemisms.
A great single from a band really putting effort into creating an original sound and being largely successful. The highlight is the captivating vocal which involves impressive trills and octave shifts akin to the stylings of Mariah Carey except this time, there is no annoying over singing or boring beats accompanying them. Instead, a quirky distorted riff hypnotically repeats itself while the lyrics tell a sweet love story. One of the best singles of the year so far.
Hannah Barrett
‘The Kids Are Sick Again’ opens with a highly generic, pulsating one-note bass line with drum punctuations and so I sit waiting for the cheesy chord-changes… but they never come. Well, they do but, in the words of Eric Morecambe, "not necessarily in the right order". This is a classic, catchy indie-rock track but with a twist; in short, it has cured my indifference to Maxïmo Park and if the rest of their forthcoming album ‘Quicken the Heart’ possesses the same freshness and vigour as this taster single then sign me up.
Rich Powell
This charming slice of indie-pop plays host to Emma Kupa’s melodic, unassuming vocals and a refreshingly uncomplicated arrangement of guitar, bass and drums. Catchy and (positively) familiar, Sheffield’s Standard Fare boast a style (not too far from Los Campesinos!) that counters the current scene’s inclination towards over-production. Deceptively uplifting in its simplicity, ‘Dancing’ is near-perfect bittersweet debut single.
Pete Burgess
Miss Spears just got cunning. Oh, yes – while having us believe she’s in search of a mystery ‘Amy’, she’s secretly inviting ‘all of the boys and all of the girls’ to F (if) U (you) C (see-) K (-k A-) me (-my). Golly. Pure genius, I’m sure you’ll agree... certainly not a desperate bid for attention; that would just be plain out of character. Needless to say, it’s caused somewhat of a ripple. But hey, if nothing more, I think we can be sure it will be a Tru floor filler.
Anna Goldbeck-Wood
Check into the Singles Club next week for the likes of Eminem, The Horrors & Lily Allen.
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