Mitski – Townie
One of the highlights of this year's
Halloween event at the Brudenell was solo artist Mitski, at what I believe was her first UK show. Unlike on
record she performed with only an acoustic guitar,
but still managed to lodge the chorus of 'Townie' in my head where it has stayed since. From
this year's album Bury Me At Makeout Creek it's a wonky, a little
noisy and utterly captivating.
Protomartyr – The Devil In His Youth
Playing just below headliners Metz at
the aforementioned Brudenell gig was the fantastic Protomartyr. Where
Metz were all noisy thrash (I didn't stay until the end), Protomartyr were all about post-punk
tension, translating their records superbly to the live arena. I
struggle to recall when I was last this impressed by a live performance of a band that I was largely unfamiliar with. 'The Devil In His Youth' as the opening track from The Agent Intellect is as good a place as any to start with them.
Field Music – The Noisy Days Are Over
I've not been able to turn the radio on
this last few weeks without hearing the latest single from Field
Music. In many ways it's the band career to date in a nutshell; hard
to pin down, it starts off brilliantly before becoming more complex
and even better as it goes along. The album (due in January) is going
to be great.
Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We
Are Doomed
Preparing to go and see Los Campesinos!
for the first time since around Romance Is Boring I got a little
excited and decided to revisit their second record for the first time
in what must be quite a few years. It was a timely reminder of its
brilliance and by happy coincidence their set drew fairly heavily
from the material, as did (for more feels) the latest issue of
Phonogram which used quotes from WAB,WAD as well as The Long Blondes
“Couples” for it's chapter headings.
Low – What Part Of Me
Aside from a charity shop purchased
copy of C'mon, Low aren't really a band that I've spent any time
listening to. 'What Part Of Me' came my way this month on a cover-mount CD that seemed to launch this year's End Of Year list deluge
and simply sounds magical. It's minimal and Wintery with sublime
vocal harmonies that I just want to sink into. It captivated me so much that I pretty much went
straight out to purchase the album Ones And Sixes at a time when I'm really trying to do less of that.
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