Johnny Bloc Party
August 8th, 2008First things first. I know I should have blogged something about the Van She album but I only pretend that I like electro, sorry.
A new wave of British indie, again. There are quite a few waves. Johnny Foreigner is a band from England which draws more on US post-hardcore stuff, not the britpopish things and not electro. Los Campesinos!, Blood Red Shoes, Elle Milano can come to mind. With the dual girl+guy vocals it could easily be emo but it’s rather the Pretty Girls Makes Graves thing. The new single Salt, Peppa and Spinderella is an awesome, complex indie track and totally up-to-date even with the Bloc Party-like singing in the beginning of the song.
And mentioning Bloc Party, now it’s not a surprise (of course, for JF it was a huge surprise, they are flattered) that Bloc Party’s tech-man Russell Lissak made a remix for it. He’s like Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. And talking about Radiohead, the remix is like Amnesiac-era Radiohead but weird and beautiful in it’s own way. How witty I am!
Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Peppa and Spinderella [zshare] // Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Peppa and Spinderella [ysi]
Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Peppa and Spinderella (Bloc Party remix) [zshare] // Johnny Foreigner - Salt, Peppa and Spinderella (Bloc Party remix) [ysi]
August 10th, 2008 at 5:12 am
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August 30th, 2008 at 8:51 am
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