The Winter Olympics call themselves a dance-punk band. Driven by synths and pounding distorted guitars and drums, they're more like an 80's power- pop band. Singer Andrew Wagstaff's voice is a blend of Simon le Bon and Tony Hadley, and they deliver their massive-sounding, pulsating, chest-thumping choruses with precision and abandon. They're going for triumphant transcendence through humorous, yet emotive fist- pumping arena-ready anthems, and you have to suspect that this may work out very well for them. The melody of second track They Launched a Probe hints at the potential for an emotional depth beyond most bands of this ilk. The sound is fantastic, the lyrics refreshingly different, and this release makes you very curious to see if they are able to deliver the Kaiser Chiefs/Scissor Sisters like sense of fun in their music and lyrics live.
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Tuesday, 8 June 2010
No Machine - On Ebay
The accompanying press release tell us that "On Ebay is set to give to give (sic) music a breath of fresh air". That's music in general apparently folks. Congratulations on winning the hyperbole superbowl lads.
It also tells us that the song concerns 'a guy who puts his girlfriend on ebay, then regrets it.' This is the closest anything in this particular package came to interesting.
It's well produced etc., the instruments (guitar, bass, horns, keyboard, drums) are skillfully played and arranged etc etc., but so what? A pleasantish synth harmony underscoring the chorus melody aside, this is a bland song with a pedestrian repetitive melody (albeit passionately delivered) that manages to get on your nerves halfway through the first listen. I wonder how pleased with it the team behind it really are. It seems something of a song for the sake of it.
Excuse me. I think I need a breath of fresh air.
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It also tells us that the song concerns 'a guy who puts his girlfriend on ebay, then regrets it.' This is the closest anything in this particular package came to interesting.
It's well produced etc., the instruments (guitar, bass, horns, keyboard, drums) are skillfully played and arranged etc etc., but so what? A pleasantish synth harmony underscoring the chorus melody aside, this is a bland song with a pedestrian repetitive melody (albeit passionately delivered) that manages to get on your nerves halfway through the first listen. I wonder how pleased with it the team behind it really are. It seems something of a song for the sake of it.
Excuse me. I think I need a breath of fresh air.
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