First of all, a happy new year to all out there.
Apologies for the belated one and the lack of music recommendations for the past few months. 2009’s just ended and I am sure each and everyone of you would have had your top ten indie albums for the year all decided by now. So I was having a chat with Mark (who is as picky as pitchfork when it comes to music) and comparing our fav albums for 2009 just before the brilliant Yeah Yeah Yeah concert on Tuesday night. Right up there we had The Girls, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The XX, Animal Collective and Phoenix (this where our opinion differed, haha). He then brought up one more band in his top ten: The Big Pink.
“The Big Pink?” I exclaimed.
Ironically the band consisted of 2 straight men (no, I have nothing against our friends with alternative lifestyles) from London. Signed to 4AD (Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, The Breeders,Camera Obscura, TV on the Radio), The Big Pink won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. Previous winners include: Glasvegas (2008), The Long Blondes (2006) and Kaiser Chiefs (2005).
TBP sounds shoegazed married with electronic beats, hence the genre, nu-gaze. So if you’re looking for something to slit your wrists to, this might work. Try the song “Love in Vain”. “Tonight” starts off sounding like a La Roux track but Robbie and Milo’s vocals and random noise distortion changes the overall tone (remember, they’re shoegaze meets electronic). Still no clue? Imagine JAMC with more noise and electronic beats.
Listen to our recommended tracks on their myspace site: “Velvet” (best track of the album for me), “Count Backwards From Ten”, and “A Brief History of Love”.
7.9 pinks out of ten from me.
Check out Big Pink’s cover of The Cure’s lovesong —>here
i think you should include the song “dominos” as a recommended track as well. it was featured in an xbox ad and the sole reason for me knowing about the big pink’s existence. just saying =)
Heya Jac! thanks for the heads up! Dominos is also on their myspace site so peeps, do check it out as well! ( :
mmmmkay!
now how come i don’t hear the pains of being pure at heart during poptart….
and how about girls’ morning light?
hi j,
they were on my “to-listen” playlist for the longest of times! and when i finally came round to it, I LOVED THEM BOTH!
but we ll definitely play them both in the next poptart ya?
any more requests?