Picture This – PINK FLOYD
Great magazine covers from the past…
PINK FLOYD
July 1974
Rock & Folk
Month: March 2020
BRIGHT EYES Return After Nine Years With Brand New Passionate Track ‘PERSONA NON GRATA’…
New sonic impulses…
26 March 2020
It’s already nine years since gripping singer/songwriter CONOR OBERST and his band BRIGHT EYES released their eight album The People’s Key. But Oberst is back now.
He shared a brand new track called ‘PERSONA NON GRATA’, a passionate love ballad. Oberst’s voice still is what makes his sonic musings so appealing and heartfelt. He said about the new song: “It was hard to decide which song to share first because they are all quite different, but this one seemed as good a place as any to start. And it has bagpipes!”
Tune in here…
Also on Spotify…
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BRIGHT EYES: Facebook
‘In It For The Money’ By SUPERGRASS – Second Album Released In 1997
Old and new albums to make your day…
26 March 2020
To celebrate SUPERGRASS‘ return let’s go back to 1997, to their excellent second album, their bestseller IN IT FOR THE MONEY released on 21 April 1997. The LP reached at No. 2 in the UK, selling 300,000 copies and over one million (!) worldwide. Surprised frontman Gaz Coombes commented: “The fact that it has sold more worldwide than ‘I Should Coco’ means we can sleep at night.
AllMusic wrote: “On its second album, the cleverly titled In It for the Money, Supergrass brought the songs to the forefront, slowing the tempos considerably and constructing a
varied, textured album that makes the band’s ambition and skill abundantly clear.”
Review in full here. Score: 4.5/5
Stream album here…
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Three Top Singles: Sun Hits The Sky / Going Out / Richard III
– SUN HITS THE SKY –
– GOING OUT –
– RICHARD III –
SUPERGRASS: Facebook
Bewichting Welsh Duo HMS MORRIS Drops New Radiant Love Ballad ‘POETRY’
26 March 2020
Turn Up The Volume featured this thrilling Welsh duo before. Why? Because they produce dreamy synth art-pop with an enticing resonance, magical vocals by singer Heledd Watkin and an overall mysterious and enigmatic touch, balancing between Scottish ethereal wave act Cocteau Twins and dream-pop outfit The Sundays.
Here’s their brand new single POETRY. A fervid song about the affecting consequences of obsessive love. A schmaltzy and radiant ballad that grows in emotion, magnetism and orchestration along its wondrous progression. HSM Morris painted another marvelous sonic rainbow. Just beautiful. A relief in these difficult times.
Enjoy here…
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HMS MORRIS: Facebook
Vivid Welsh Rockers CLWB FUZZ Score Big Time With Stupendous Single ‘NO HEAVEN’…
Daily electricity to load your batteries…
26 March 2020
Band: CLWG FUZZ
Who: Cardiff’s post-punk/grunge four-piece Clwb Fuzz’s fearless commitment
in creating an intoxicating wall of sound has already bestowed on them an
impressive live reputation.
Track: NO HEAVEN – new single – first release for Libertino
Score: This is a swirling roller coaster going forth and back in intensity. An electrical,
mind-blowing sockdolager with a striking swagger and arresting drive boosting your bloodstream. The arousing vocals, firing tempo swings and rollicking guitars, with a
sizzling solo near the end, will blow you away. Blistering steamroller! Ardent flare-up!
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CLWB FUZZ:Facebook
New Wave Stunner ‘Lucky Number’ By LENE LOVICH – Released In 1979
Top singles from the past…
26 March 2020
Artist: Lene Lovich
Active: 1975-present
Single: Lucky Number
B-sides: Say When and Home
Released: 26 January 1979
Score: The single reached #3 in the UK
Album: Stateless
Here’s the original clip…
LENE LOVICH BAND: Facebook
Picture This – SINEAD O’CONNOR
Great magazine covers from the past…
SINEAD O’CONNOR
12 Decemebr 1987
MELODY MAKER
Hammering Brighton Brothers SONS Get Angry On Brand New Raging Blast ‘SWEAT’…
Daily electricity to load your batteries…
25 March 2020
Band: SONS
Who: Brigthon brothers Lee and Nick Meldrum burst onto the scene in 2016. They produce explosive vocal melodies and buzzsaw riffs that could wake the dead and
catchy hooks you’ll love.
Song: SWEAT – “The meaning behind ‘Sweat’ is it’s a song about falling for someone you
knew was a player and the inner turmoil you have with yourself over the time together and afterwards”
Score: My Oh My! Bloody hell yeah! This is a powerhouse belter, a boiling steamroller,
a deafening crackerjack. Ongoing volcanic drums, howling guitars and rip-roaring vocals
do your head in and crash your speakers. This cooking duo kick out the jams with badass intensity and merciless energy. This is what happens when anger and rage take over. Thrashing stroke! Blustery uppercut! Turn it up!
Play loud to keep that nasty coronavirus out of your safe home…
SONS: Facebook
Ten Inspiring Songs To Keep That Vicious Coronovirus Out Of Your Safe Home…
25 march 2020
Music is the dope, turn up the volume…
1. ‘Play Safe’ by IGGY POP
Let’s play safe / I never knew how / How to play safe / You told me how
2. ‘Safety Dance by MEN WITHOUT HATS
We can dance, we can dance everything out control / We can dance doing it wall to wall
3. ‘If You Tolerate This Then You’re Children Will Be Next’ by the MANICS
If you tolerate this then your children will be next, will be next, will be next, will be next
4. ‘Back Home’ by GOLDEN EARRING
People wonder why I’m going back home / Just the place where I belong / Back home
5. ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ by THE VERVE
I never pray / But tonight I’m on my knees / I need some sounds that recognize the pain in me
6. ‘Home’ by EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
Home, let me come home / Home is wherever I’m with you
7. ‘Come Home’ by JAMES
This is a testing time when the choice is mine / Am I a fool for love or foolish with desire
8. ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by LIVERPOOL FANS
When you walk through a storm / Hold your head up high / And don’t be afraid of the dark
9. ‘All For One’ by THE STONE ROSES
All for one, one for all / If we take a stand, we shall not fall
10. ‘Let There Be Love‘ by OASIS
Who stole the soul from the sun in a world come undone at the seams? / Let there be love
Starry-Eyed Artist AUDRI Shares Spellbinding Clip For New Single ‘HARBOR ME’…
Clips that will have an impact on your eyes and your ears…
25 March 2020
(photo by Shane Kroes)
Artist: AUDRI
Who: Audri has been singing and playing the piano ever since she was a kid. Over time she started sharpening her skills as a songwriter and alto took up an interest in production these past years. Her first EP Fool’s Gold was released mid-October 2018.
Track: HARBOR ME – from her upcoming second EP ‘Paper Planes‘ out on 24 April
Audri about the lyrical content of the song: “‘Harbor Me’ is me trying to solve a puzzle. I don’t want to say it’s about anxiety, because everyone seems to have that nowadays. I wrote this song after my teacher mentioned the phrase ‘La maladie du siècle’. Restlessness. Wanting something to worship, all while trying to be your own person. Our generation seems to be so aware of the process of coming of age, and we seem to fluctuate between fighting it and going along with it. We enjoy being rebels, but it’s also scary as fuck.”
Score: This trippy and dancey humdinger tickles your aural antenna from the very start. Audri‘s starry-eyed voice reminds you instantly of the otherworldly tonality of a young Kate Bush while the playful, catching rhythm of clapping flamenco hands and glimmering guitar touches, invite you to do a little dance. A sparkling light in these troubled times.
The wondrous accompanying video clip,
directed by Jaan Stevens & Ammen Simpson
fits the enchanting timbre of ‘Harbor Me‘
perfectly well.
Watch the beauty here …
AUDRI: Facebook
You can also stream HARBOR ME on Spotify