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Introducing SUNDAY GIRL

28 October 2010 /


Jade Williams got her stage name from a part time job she had in a pet shop where she was known simply as SUNDAY GIRL.

So is she a Pet Shop Girl? No, she hints at something much darker although the suspicion that’s she’s just a model trying her hand at a pop career still looms. But her new single ‘Stop Hey!’ is kooky and stylish avant pop.

Overdriven drum sounds and a piercing trebly riff dominate this piece of icy Eurocentric electro, sounding not unlike Ellie Goulding with a 20 cigarettes a day habit backed by MIRRORS and MGMT!

Her 21st Century cover of RAF’s ‘Self Control’ which was made famous by LAURA BRANNIGAN was pleasant but inconclusive as was her folktronica debut single ‘Four Floors’. However, Miss Williams does have some superb songs from her forthcoming debut album waiting to be unleashed.

Of those, ’24 Hours’ is wonderfully claustrophobic post-punk with hints of early Factory Records while best of all, the brilliant ‘All The Songs’ and its moodier percussive pace is powered by pulsing electronic bass and layers of vibrato synth tones.

This is music to crumble to while smoking a Gauloises alone in a Paris cafe. So could SUNDAY GIRL be Hertfordshire’s answer to EMILIE SIMON? Peut-être! Qui Sait?

‘Stop Hey!’ is released by Geffen Records

www.wearesundaygirl.com

www.myspace.com/wearesundaygirl

Text by Chi Ming Lai
28th October 2010

Introducing HYPERBUBBLE

7 October 2010 /

Photo by Joe Wallace

Quirky Texan synthesizer couple HYPERBUBBLE are already veterans of two albums ‘Solid Pop’ and ‘Airbrushed Alibis’.

Jess (vocals, synthesizers and bionics) and Jeff (sequencers, synthesizers and vocals) deliver a species of cartoonish synthpop that is reminiscent of that great lost duo VIC TWENTY who supported ERASURE in 2004 and practically blew them off the stage during their unconvincing covers period.

HYPERBUBBLE themselves call their music Bionic Bubblepunk. Jess is the electro Emma Peel while Jeff is the obedient robotic version of John Steed. To HYPERBUBBLE, “guitars are retro and sequencers are the key to the future”. But among all the blips and blops, good humourous songs are the key.

Their most recent album ‘Candy Apple Daydreams’ is a tasty fairground ride that takes in influences as diverse as YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA and OUR DAUGHTERS WEDDING to THE OHIO EXPRESS and THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE. The wonderfully quirky title track with its colourful feline flavoured promo video somehow manages to be a cross of all of those.

The album doesn’t disappoint, packed with fun tunes such as ‘Pictures of Paradise’, ‘Girl Boy’, ‘Pop Toy’ and ‘U.F.O. Beach Party’ plus a supporting cast of short eccentric instrumentals like ‘Moogzilla Vs Korgatron’ and ‘Teddy Bear Crime Wave’. Signed to Bubblegum Records, HYPERBUBBLE will appeal to those who like their electro shiny and with a sense of humour.

‘Candy Apple Daydreams’ is available via the usual retaliers

http://www.hyperbubble.net/

https://www.facebook.com/hyperbubble

https://twitter.com/Hyperbubble

Text by Chi Ming Lai
7th October 2010

Introducing VILE ELECTRODES

19 August 2010 /

VILE ELECTRODES are a colourful trio consisting of Anais Neon, Loz Tronic and Martin Swan who formed due to an unhealthy obsession with analogue synthesizers and a desire to escape reality through dressing up.

And dress up they do. They also describe themselves “Vulgar – Eloquent, Vitriolic – Electronic, Vintage – Embittered, Visceral – Epicurean, Vague – Ephemeral.”

Their best track so far is ‘Deep Red’, a title inspired by Dario Argento’s ‘Profondo Rosso’. It’s a gorgeous seven and a half minute synth ballad that comes over like Client B born and raised in the Home Counties fronting Dindisc-era ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK.

Their other material has disco potential, ranging from the dark neo-rave of ‘Empire Of Wolves’ to the shiny indie electro of ‘Play With Fire’ which musically is what THE SMITHS probably would have sounded like if Johnny Marr had picked up a Roland instead of a Rickenbacker!

VILE ELECTRODES will be playing a number of gigs towards the end of the summer at: London Putney Half Moon (19 August), Sheffield West Street Live (2 September), London Camden Purple Turtle with INERTIA and MECHANICAL CABARET (10 September)

http://www.vileelectrodes.com/

https://www.facebook.com/vileelectrodes/

https://twitter.com/vileelectrodes

Text by Chi Ming Lai
19th August 2010

Introducing THE SOUND OF ARROWS

14 June 2010 /

THE SOUND OF ARROWS are Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm, a duo based in Stockholm.

Formed in 2006, they were signed to indie label Labrador Records in 2008 and attracted interest and acclaim via a series of EPs which featured gloriously catchy songs such as ‘Danger!’ and ‘M.A.G.I.C.’ – their last single, the superb ‘Into the Clouds’ is dreamy widescreen synthpop, swathed in that beautiful Nordic melancholy.

The Fear of Tigers Remix with its soaring synth solo is particularly impressive. With a magnificent promo video to match, ‘Into the Clouds’ impressed so much that it was awarded ‘Best Single Of 2009’ by the influential Popjustice music website despite some stiff competition in a glorious year for music.

Starting off originally as a more conventional pop act, an impressive listing of largely Roland kit on their social media reveals where their hearts may be now.

Having recently signed to the same management as LA ROUX, THE SOUND OF ARROWS could steal the thunder from the highly rated HURTS and become the big surprise success story of 2010 by coming out from almost nowhere!

THE SOUND OF ARROWS will be playing at Hoxton Hall, London on 5th July 2010.

https://www.facebook.com/thesoundofarrows/

https://twitter.com/soundofarrows

Text by Chi Ming Lai
14th June 2010

Introducing ROCKETS IN A COMA

7 June 2010 /

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK are pleased to introduce ROCKETS IN A COMA whose album ‘Square Strawberries’ is released by the wonderful Undo Records, home of Greek synth sensations MARSHEAUX.

The modern bombastic elektrockers are fronted by the striking Elektra with the publicity shy Java Kid on synths, guitars and programming. Elektra first came to prominence as a guest vocalist on the 2008 album ‘Mistakes Are Good’ by MARSHEAUX’s production team FOTONOVELA.

With Elektra’s feisty vocal style and Java Kid’s eclectic production style, they deliver a mutant strain of electro rock disco with nods towards MIKRO, THE CURE and GOLDFRAPP as showcased by the single ‘Psycholover’.

Here, Elektra kidnaps her hapless male model lover and taunts him with slaps and food before he makes his escape. Yes, they may be ROCKETS IN A COMA but the promo video’s twist actually has an ending of Morrissey-like proportions!

Together, Elektra and Java Kid have creatde a modern bombastic electro-rock album with a very strong influence from today’s state-of-the-art duos as THE TING TINGS and AEROPLANE. Elektra’s haunting vocals promise night full of suprises in a wide big dance field as well as saturdays house parties

‘Square Strawberries’ is released by Undo Records and available now from http://undorecords.bigcartel.com/product/rockets-in-a-coma-square-strawberries-cdun17

https://rocketsinacoma.bandcamp.com/

Text by Chi Ming Lai
7th June 2010

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