Errors, ‘Salut France’ hear here
Frances: They’ve considerably polished their sound. Seem to have homogenised themselves a bit. To the extent that they remind me a bit of Hot Chip.
Kick: They?ve always been a bit soundtracky, but in a good way.
Frances: They need something - dare I say a gimmick? Something, some kind of hook.
Chris: The drum sound is a little disappointing. I seem to be obsessed with drum sounds today. I quite like where they’re going with this. It’s train ride music.
Kick: And there’s nothing to hold on to.

Outputmessage, ‘Sommeil’ hear here
Frances: Where’s this from?
Chris: What is it with all this happy shopper cheap drum sounds?
Kick: NY-bassed kraftwerk obsessive, apparently.
Frances: Oh, yawn. They’re all obsessed with Kraftwerk over there
Kick: Maybe ’cause they admire anyone who cultivates the ability to be rude and impassive in any given situation.
Frances: Possibly.
Kick: I bet Kraftwerk are rude.
Frances: They are exceedingly rude. There’s this famous Lester Bangs interview with them where they are rude.
Kick: If you’re reading this, Kraftwerk, would it kill you to say please and thank you?

Field Music, ‘A House Is Not A Home’ hear here
Kick: Their PR keeps bugging me to listen to them.
Frances: OK, so I quite like Field Music. Seeing as it’s them tho, they might change rhythm in a minute. I hope so. It’s basically a lot like XTC.
Kick: It’s based on Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.
Frances: Is it? How so?
Kick: Says here.
Frances: Oh, obviously is, then… It’s all about arrangements, this band. And weird middle bits. Twiddly strings?
Kick: I think most of Beethoven’s symphonies originally had lyrics about moving house and suchlike but they got lost when an insolent cur knocked his bag into a ditch. He did not hear it because he was deaf.
Frances: Symphonies don’t have lyrics. Duh.
Kick: Beethoven did not know symphonies did not have lyrics. Because, as previously noted, he was deaf.

Clinic, ‘If I Could Read Your Mind’ hear here
Kick: I can’t believe how instantly judgemental I am these days. I go from liking to something to not to back again within the space of individual notes.
Frances: I know, it’s horrible. But kind of inevitable.
Kick: This sounds like Clinic. Clinic fans will dig this. If you like this, why not try… Clinic!

Indigo Moss, ‘Start Over Again’ hear here
Kick: We were listening to this before - it’s slightly mystifying Americana made by people from South London.
Frances: South London is like the bible belt of London. So it’s not that surprising it produces hillbilly music.
Chris: I was born and raised in South London. I still have the scars.
Frances: There are loads of born again Christians there, right?
Chris: Not as far as I remember.
Frances: THERE ARE. Anyway, you don’t have to be from Arkansas to make hillbilly music.
Kick: Yeah, but surely they should be channeling their love for something that’s alien to them through themselves therefore creating a hybrid -
Frances: No, they should just be good. And interesting. And they weren’t really, were they?
Chris: Not really. Sadface.

Posted on Friday, February 23rd, 2007by kicking_k