SINGLES CORNER! 16/02/2010

It’s time once again to check out some of the most exciting tracks set for release in the next week or two (and, first up, one that came out last week). We’ve had a lot of good singles pop through our letterbox in the last year, but judging by the ones we’ve been receiving lately, 2010 is going to be a very good year for music indeed. So, without further ado, let’s find out what is out and about.

JAPANESE VOYEURS – That Love Sound
Slimeball Records

Cute and quirky vocals buckled to some dirty grunge riffs are the order of the day here, it all starts out innocuously enough, lulling you with sweet and soft singing, then the guitars kick in and before you realise it you’ve been mugged by their punchy rock & roll!

GIRLS – Morning Light
Fantasytrashcan

This track is a strange one, sounding like it’s attacking you through a pair of 1980’s headphones before you realise it’s actually a production technique to add a hazy otherworldly tone. Still, although it sounds like something copied from a copy of a copy of a copy and played on a cheap knock off walkman it has it’s own certain charm.

HARDLY HEROES – Cardigan Party
Myspace.com/hardlyheroes06

Currently being given away at gigs, this track perhaps shows this young bands change of tack from their early days of pop punk into a more straight up rock sound. Driving guitars propel the song along while a catchy chorus hooks the listener. I can guarantee that once you’ve heard this it’ll be in your head for weeks.

MAVERICK SABRE – Sometimes
Impala Records

Not, as I suspected, a rock band, but actually a singer/songwriter with an urban approach, Maverick sabre is an interesting proposition. There’s a hint of Just Jack or Plan B here, but shackled to a much better singing voice. I’ll certainly be listening out for more from this intriguing artist!

CHAPEL CLUB – O Maybe I
East City

With a bass driven sound that hints at White Lies or perhaps Editors, and a vocalist who has clearly listened to a Smiths album or two, this is clearly not forward facing pop. It’s good though, catchy and interesting in equal measure. Well, worth checking out.

FREE DOWNLOADS FOR YOU!

As it’s valentines day, we thought we’d show our love for all our readers with a selection of links to some rather lovely free downloads for you. Have a click, have a listen and please share your opinions with us, we’d really like to know what you think of these songs.

We’ve rather fallen in love with Japanese Voyeurs, so it’s out great pleasure to share a track with you. Just click here to download Dumb, the lead track from their EP, for free.

A little while back we showed you a video of the bonkers packaging for Freeway & Jake One‘s album, now we’ve got a mixtape the pair have put together for you. Just click here to download it!

We’ve got a Monarchy remix here, this time of Fyfe Dangerfield‘s She Needs Me. It certainly adds another level to the track and is available if you point you browser here and click away.

Lail Arad is a new face on the folk scene, check out Who Am I here to get a heads up on this exciting young artist.

It’s a bit hard to describe the noise Godzilla Black make, but if we said “electro-hardcore-freakouts with a splash of Mike Patton about it”, we think you’ll get the picture. Well, the band have decided to give their debut album away for free. You can download it here.