Saturday, 31 May 2014
In der Nacht ist der Mensch nicht gern alleine
Translation: a person isn't happy being alone at night. Great, great song!
Friday, 30 May 2014
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Forget About You
Jan Molby on lead vocals, a maverick keyboard player in short shorts and a song that sounds not unlike the Grandstand theme tune. Yet somehow this works.
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Wings of a Dove
Sometimes you just can't beat a bit of Madness. (Don't give up the day job, Bedders.)
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Monday, 26 May 2014
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Waiting
Haunting, ethereal magnificence. I love Alice Boman's voice so much. Such a simple yet effective video, as well. Why does everything look so good in monochrome?
Friday, 23 May 2014
Lover Please
Clyde McPhatter facts: He formed the Drifters and died at the age of 39. Those two things aren't necessarily connected, though, despite the structure of that sentence. This song is magical.
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
The Greater Good
The next release in the wiaiwya-7777777 seven inch singles club is an absolute belter.
Monday, 19 May 2014
It Takes A Strong Heart To Love
78 likes and 0 dislikes for this one on YouTube at the time of typing.
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Saturday, 17 May 2014
You Know What I Mean
Mildly Interesting Pop Fact: The Vernons Girls were formed at the Vernons football pools company in Liverpool in the 1950s. Not to be confused with the Reynolds Girls, who were dreamed up at PWL headquarters in the late 1980s and had a misguided and somewhat callow dislike of Fleetwood Mac.
Friday, 16 May 2014
Who Do You Think You Are?
Heard this on the radio in a taxi the other week. Listening out for the announcement of who it was by, at the end of the record, I thought the DJ (Tony Blackburn, if memory serves) said Tangerine Dream. Almost. That Windy Miller had hidden depths, eh?
(Not sure I ever realised Saint Etienne's version was a cover, to be honest. Would find it hard to choose between the two now, but.)
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Our Years in the Wilderness
The new Hi-Life Companion album, Our Years in the Wilderness, has been a long time coming - four years! Not that we've been counting - much! - but I've been listening to it all week and can confirm that it is officially ace and completely worth the wait. (Actually, thinking about it, maybe Four Years in the Wilderness would've been a better title. Haw haw.)
I've played the second track, Meet Me At The Pier, pretty much nonstop but that's not online anywhere yet so here's the video for the also great album opener, Brockweir House. Some extremely high quality footage here - although if you're scared of spiders, look away for a few seconds at the 2:30 mark!
Our Years in the Wilderness will be released on June 16th and available to buy from all the usual places, and more besides. More info here.
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Leaves That Are Green
...or the song that Billy Bragg filched the opening line of A New England from.
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Monday, 12 May 2014
Everybody Loves Me But You
This one manages to pull off the unusual trick of being both self-pitying and a bit conceited at the same time. It may also be preceded by an annoying advert - but such is modern life, I suppose. Good song but, and well worth wading through the ad for.
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Monday Morning
Fab new single from Kathryn Williams - and such a sweet promo video I even managed to put my low embarrassment threshold on the back burner while watching it.