Thursday 8 April 2010

Hyped #11


Another round of hyped starting with San Francisco outfit - oOoOO. Im struggling to put into words how dramatic this music is and how polished oOoOO sound already. In my usual way, im just going to lay it out in 'sound likes' for you - think the XX, meets the Knife, meets the Scarface sound track and you are just about there. Its layer upon layer of epic sound scapes, deep dark slurred vocals, long drawned out distorted synth and perfectly paced drums. Check out the video below and their myspace, 3 or 4 strong tracks already up - very excited about this band. Limited 7 out now too.

oOoOO



The US lo-fi/garage scene is larger than ever at the moment and is producing a massive amount of great bands, weed diamond, best coast, etc , etc. So heres another one for you - Slow Animal. Loud, brash, lazy and largely out of time and pitch but brilliant. Slow Animal are yet another band to come out of the New Jersey area and they make unapologetic rash rock and roll but with a twist I think. They sound like a band that know exactly what they want to sound like, through their own taste and not through any sort of mimicking. There are so many of these bands, but its the little touches, the little keyboard parts and backing vocals that some how make Slow Animal still sound fresh and exciting. Anyway, decide for yourself.

Slow Animal



Im not even sure how the MP3 of Headless by Tearist came to be in my itunes to be honest. All I know is that it came on one day randomly and ive probably played it everyday from that fortunate moment. I have since found it here, so you can discover the addiction for yourself. Musically the vocals are unique, the percussion is outrageous and the synth rushes in and out, over and over until your head spins. They have more over at their myspace so check them out below and also the pretty rough live video featuring Headless.

Tearist

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