Fresh Track: Hook & The Twin “We’re So Light”
British duo Hook & The Twin are set to release their debut, full length LP early next year. The band recently dropped the second single from the forthcoming album, entitled “We’re So Light.” Last month, MTV included the band in its Brand New Unsigned competition. The winner will be selected sometime in January. Listen and watch the video for the “We’re So Light” below.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Band to Watch: Quilt
In order to appease my current Real Estate addiction, I have been on a steady mission to discover more ringing, melodic guitar riffs. As a result, I have pulled back the covers to find Boston’s Quilt. Their debut, self-titled LP was released on the Mexican Summer label and is slowly becoming one of the under the radar releases of 2011 that I am digging. Consistent melody is not only present in the 6-string play but is also featured in the vocals. Shane Butler and Anna Rochinski do a fantastic job of not only coexisting, but also succeeding with their trippy harmonies. Their voices team well and the delivery is effective, yet deceptively simple. A psych-folk touchdown. Join me in getting cozy with Quilt. Listen to “Cowboys in the Void” below:
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Written by Brett McGrath
Video: King Krule “The Noose of Jah City”
Seventeen year-old Archy Marshall aka King Krule (formerly Zoo Kid) is the cause of the latest new buzz generating out of our neighbors from across the pond. How that deep melancholy voice comes out of this little red haired kid is beyond me, but damn, is it good. Marshall’s sound is mature far beyond his years, and just because he is young doesn’t mean you can’t feel the sincerity in his music. Moreover, we all remember adolescence, and really, being seventeen pretty much sucks. Not yet an adult, but certainly no longer a child, you are torn between two places trying to figure out your place in the world. No more is that angst prevalent than in King Krule’s most recent single “The Noose of Jah City”
Serene guitars provide a bleak backdrop for poetic, but direct, lyrics that are introspective and self-questioning.
“The body found, my soul is left to drown
Suffocating in concrete
It took a hold on me, put me on repeat”
The song has jazz and dub undertones surrounded by the existential daze of Marshall, producing a sound somewhere along the lines of Atlas Sound mixed with the XX. It is stark and bleak, but inherently raw and meditative. And I really, really dig it. The monotonous vocals break only once, as Marshall raises his voice to the slightest scream to state what we all feel when we look inside ourselves.
“I wonder why. I question why.”
“The Noose of Jah City” is featured on King Krule EP and is available now. Visit the band’s official page for how to order.
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Written by Greg Dahman
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