Thursday, 29 May 2008Dempsey and the DC9's on Mahuta records Dempsey Eight Days of Rain Mahuta Records Quantity Pressed: 300 Release Date: 19th May 2008 1) Eight Days Of Rain 2) Your Touch 3) Rebel of the rebel Dempsey released a solo album in 2006 entitled Sunrise/Sunset, which was an eclectic mix of electronic slow dance funk and folk. It seems these days he's moved away from the soundscape dub cutups and recruited the DC9's to support a more classic rock blues sound direction. This permanent backup band adds an alive growling rock feel to this particular single released this last week. Eight Days of Rain seems like that direction that the Raconteurs took with Broken Boy Soldiers, something of a retro upgrade. They're taking that kind of classic rock sound full of punched up grimey organs and backwards guitar solos and building on it in the studio with ultra produced sounds. Released from the grip of the White Stripes, Jack White and friends could get at unexplored directions. There's plenty of that going on here in it's unabashed comparisons. There's surprisingly still relevance in the genre, but it's going to take a new approach to get anywhere untred. Dempsey, a NYC transplant, sings through a slightly distorted layer of bad luck metaphors along with samples and electronics which are still present in this latest incarnation but seem organically woven into this bluesy dub song story about black cats and killing spiders. With only 300 hundred pressed it's going to be a rare one indeed. Labels: Dempsey, Mahuta records
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Saturday, 24 May 2008
Jeremy Warmsley on Transgressive records
Label: Transgressive records
Quantity Pressed: 500
Release Date: 28th May 2008
Jeremy Warmsley known for his electronica anti-folk on his 2006 debut 'The Art of Fiction' is back with this double A sided 7" in support of his latest album. These two tracks are exclusive to this format and sound like possibly a move away from the harsh electronics and laptop cut and paste to more traditional orchestral sound.
The Boat song is a duet with Emmy the Great, who he worked with on 'I believe in the way you move' and they trade verses and backing vocals in epic folksy storytelling fashion. It's a song about the sea and two lovers (?) of course in separate boats, missing each other which works perfectly with these two voices separating and supporting each other. A rolling snare drives the track, which builds on acoustic guitar, piano, and reverb electric guitar which gives the whole thing a rambling alt-country feel, something like Bright Eyes 'Cassadega', building on that tradition informed by the possibilities of technology but still just solid and completely sure of it's direction. It's just plain enjoyable and catchy and unpretentious.
The AA side is a cover of New Order’s Temptation. Who doesn't like temptation? It's an obvious but intimidating classic New Order track. Jeremy is no stranger to covering material as that's what he started out doing early as a songwriter and he obviously respects the original. Rather than completely deconstruct it, he adds emotion to the cool removed vocals of the epic track. It's re-imagined as this organic rock song, something more universal than the dance leaning original. Here the electronics are turned into live cymbal crashes and synth becomes a delicate piano melody. It becomes a huge sounding orchestral piece...it's a great great cover and is well worth tracking this down for.
Transgressive assures index7 this will not be available anywhere else, which is good news for this 7", but bad for anyone who misses it.
Labels: jeremy warmsley, transgressive records
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