DOWNLOAD: The Wave Pictures - Bye Bye Bubble Belly
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It's hard to think of many, or any, collections of men as charming as The Wave Pictures. For the uninitiated, frontman David Tattersall, bassist Franic Rozycki and drummer Jonny Helm hail from the village of Wymeswold in the middle of England, which, according to Wikipedia, has a population of 1,000. I'm not sure if with the trio's departure to east London that number came down to 997 or was previously 1,003 but what's for sure is that they're missed: telling stories in pop music, without being earnest or pretentious about it, is an incredibly hard thing to do. With its yawning horns, minimal arrangement and self-deprecating lyrics that consider falling for the woman who signs dole cheques in Whitechapel Welfare Office, "Bye Bye Bubble Belly" treads that thin line The Wave Pictures have always stalked so well - funny but not wacky, charming but not smarmy, light-hearted but still affecting. Find more of the same on new album If You Leave It Alone and rejoice.
Sounds Like: Jonathan Richman, a less maudlin Morrissey, Sesame Street
The Wave Pictures - Bye Bye Bubble Belly
Previously:
The Wave Pictures - Airplanes at Brescia
The Wave Pictures - Long Island
The Wave Pictures - Now You Are Pregnant
DOWNLOAD: Soft Black - I Am An Animal
"I am An Animal" is a gruff, primitive rock song that appeals to the carnivore and caveman within you; it's seductive in its gritty imperfection. Over DIY garage band riffs, Soft Black's Vincent Cacchoine howls and spits, "If I break my back; if the smoke fills up my lungs; I'll be howling in a jungle choir," and then continues on a punked-out rant about blood and carcasses. Meanwhile, the electric guitar sporadically grunts and groins, like breaks that need oil, before splaying into a cymbal-clashing, guitar-riffing chorus.
"The Lion" on the other hand channels the folk-rock sentiments of The Band and Dylan in the loose, Southern rock tenor of Dead Confederate or Blitzentrapper.
Keep an eye on Soft Black; they've recently released their second record,The Earth Is Black, purportedly based on a series of Cacchoine's dreams/nightmares, and are prepped to perform this Wednesday at Cakeshop.
Sounds Like: Werewolves, Dead Meadow, Dead Confederate, Blitzentrapper, The Band
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