To Hell With Blue Monday Here Are ALL THE YOUNG DUDES & HEROES
Month: July 2023
BLUR Guitarist GRAHAM COXON About This Day’s Music
23 July 2027
Hey Graham, to be honest Blur‘s new album (‘The Ballad Of Daren) sounds embellished and polished too. It’s definitely not a turd, but too cleanly produced for my liking.
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS With Bone-Chilling Live Version Of ‘BIG EYE’
Reveries for the laziest day of the week
23 July 2023
Artwork album
CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS, the passionate pop project of French artist
Héloïse Adélaïde Letissier released its 4th LP, baptized Paranoia, Angels,
True Love last month. A most perfervid 20-song record that sends shivers
down your spine on several occasions.
The closer of the album, is the epic slow-burning torch named BIG EYE.
His rendition of the song at this year’s Glastonbury Festival was
a stunning, overwhelming, bone-chilling and vocal master-stroke.
Listen/watch.
Get goosebumps.
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CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS: Instagram – Website
Promote This! The Northern American Edition Of ‘RUBBER SOUL’ By THE BEATLES (1965)
Music promo from the past
23 July 2023
In Northern America the music (albums/singles) of THE BEATLES was released/distributed by Capitol Records. They didn’t always put new albums/singles out on the same day as the English release date. Also, they didn’t respect the original English tracklist of LPs.
This happened also with the Fab Four‘s masterpiece RUBBER SOUL in 1965.
The American version didn’t feature ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘What Goes On’
and ‘If I Needed Someone‘, all of which were instead issued on the Beatles‘ next
North America LP, titled Yesterday and Today, that came out in June 1966.
On the other hand CR added ‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’ and ‘It’s Only Love’, two
songs from the Help! longplayer released the year before, in August 1965.
Masterwork.
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THE BEATLES: Discography
British Starry-Eyed Voice PEARL Shines On Debut EP ‘WHERE I GO’
23 July 2023
British singer-songwriter/producer PEARL who grew up in the English countryside,
much of her childhood centred around building dens in the forest, has released her delightful 4-track, titled WHERE I GO
“PEARL is my birthstone and holds a lot of symbolism
for me. I finally feel grounded and sure of myself.”
The EP showcases four tracks which touch on the theme of acceptance. Each song
was written as a way of processing emotions and events and moving on from them
in a positive way.
PEARL explains: “Writing these songs was a really reflective process, I would look back at a memory, make sense of it, and plot a path through. It was really cathartic. Music is very visual for me, and I love to create little worlds around it. This EP is verdant, a secret spot in the garden with round velvet chairs, cocooned and warm, with soft edges and lots of plants. I look at the music as biophilic, the synths, drums and production are the architecture, and my voice, the organic sounds, and the lyrics are the green and natural elements that run through…I’ve
always had an overactive imagination!”
TUTV: PEARL’s voice is the star in the middle, operating in a universe where you also can listen to Cocteau Twin‘s shiny vocalist Liz Fraser and Kate Bush‘s moonstruck moments. An instrumental instrument for four melodic ruminations, four sonic rainbows in the air and yours to take and to embrace. Where I Go is indie synth pop for dreamers who love to look at the bright side of life but fully know that reality can be a drag. Four-star debut. Another proof of how music can have a healing and soothing power.
VIDEOS for Years and Go!
FULL EP
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PEARL: Facebook – Instagram
Maddest Drummer Ever… STEVE MOORE
23 July 2023
(Press photo)
Maddest drummer on the planet? West Virginia born Steve Moore. Read his story HERE.
Los Angeles Punks FIDLAR Turn Up The LIMP BIZKIT Decibels
Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant
23 July 2023
Los Angeles punks FIDLAR (Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk) released a new
6-track EP last March, called That’s Life. It follows their 2019 album
Almost Free.
And they keep the momentum going with a nasty punk-ed up cover of
the 1999 hit NOOKIE by Fred Dust‘s gang LIMP BIZKIT. Jump, jump, jump.
FIDLAR
LIMP BIZKIT
FIDLAR: Facebook – Instagram
SNÕÕPER – Blitzkrieg Punk Sensation Unleashed Their Riotous Rat Race Debut Album (Shorter Than The RAMONES’ Debut LP)
22 July 2023
SNÕÕPER are a 5-piece trash-and-slash pop-punk combo (they’re up somewhere in
there on the album’s front) front Nashville, TN who got hyped almost from the moment they started screaming, a couple of years ago.
Yesterday, they released their long-awaited debut LP
titled SUPER SNÕÕPER via Jack White‘s label.
Third Man Records explains: “Snõõper (the Project) began as a collaboration between local Nashville punk mainstay Connor Cummins and Blair Tramel, an early education teacher with a sideline in wickedly funny animation and art. As their cassette tapes and homemade videos began to find scattered fans around the world, the duo brought the Project to the live stage in late 2021 and Snõõper (the Band) was born.”
KERRANG‘s verdict : “There might be a heavy dose of sarcasm in the seams of its shell-suited soul, but Super Snõõper is never arch or cynical. Rather, it’s an exhilarating endorphin rush you’ll want to return to again and again.” 8/10.
TUTV: Imagine Devo on amphetamines. Think B-52‘s on acid. Faster than the Ramones
and 6 minutes (!) shorter than their 1976 debut LP. Adrenaline mixed with caffeine mixed with epo. A fitting fitness record for people with ADHD. It’s a riot grrrl rat race. Go first to the gym to work out for a couple of hours and then come back to play the record and go super gaga.
KEY TRACK
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SNÕÕPER: Instagram
British Trash-Pop Squad CANDID FACES Kick Ass With New Single ‘COMING HOME’
New striking strokes
22 July 2023
Band: CANDID FACES
Who: Swirling squad from Hull, UK
New single: COMING HOME
Liz Shaw (vocalist): “It may seem like a fun jokey track that pokes fun at bigots and
abusers but for our guitarist it was a healing process and a way for them to write about
difficult experiences from their childhood, even if it was just an ambiguous four lines”.
TUTV: Coming Home is a pure indie punk-pop thrill propelled by rotating riff razzle-dazzle, a frantic drummer and a shook-up scream-and-shout chorus. Bullseye. Exhilarate bang-on tunes like this one are written/recorded/released to boost troubled states of minds and kick bigots’ asses with. Candid Faces call it trash-pop. It’s sonic fuel for instant use.
Lyrics
Tony doesn’t shut his gob
Compensating for his small brain
And various other things, another one that you can’t fix
Sometimes when I’m sat at home
I think to myself what a curious world we’re living in
I know you hate us
Why don’t you just leave us alone
You’re such a dreadful mix! (x3)
(I’m a dreadful mix)
Frank loves his cold cider
Frank loves his local rugby
Frank claims he loves his kids
Infact, he hates them really
Sometimes when I’m sat at home
I think to myself what a terrible world we’re living in
I know you hate us
Why don’t you just leave us alone
You’re such a dreadful mix! (x3)
(I’m a dreadful mix)
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Candid Faces: Facebook – Instagram – Linktree
