Soy Un Caballo’s Robin gets the experimental folk treatment by Tunng on this split single release featuring both the cover and original version.
Willy Mason session on Radio 1
As far as FFS is concerned, Willy Mason has spent far too much time at home in the last couple of years. We were, therefore, jubilant to the extreme when we discovered that he’s recorded a live session and interview for Radio 1 to be aired this week.
Single Review: Arthur Delaney – Darling/Dance of Fools
The fact that Delaney is only 19 years old hasn’t stopped him creating a fantastic debut single in the shape of double A-side “Darling”/”Dance of Fools”. Overall the single is upbeat and both tracks find a cohesion in their trundling rhythm and pastoral atmosphere that take the listener down memory lane.
Single Review: Planet Earth – Bergman Movies
Planet Earth – the musical equivalent of cider, wooly jumpers and sheep farming – are twee beyond belief and I love it.
‘Bergman Movies’ is a typical Planet Earth song: devastatingly simple, using a very basic chord sequence with a gentle layering of instruments. The lyrics are neither tired and hackneyed, nor pretentious and aloof, but comfortingly delightful and homely.
Album Review: Immaculate Machine – High on Jackson Hill
“Mystic Rainbow, he’s a biter/Red Volcano, he’s a biter” – I couldn’t tell you what that means, but I’ve had those lines from ‘He’s A Biter’, the fifth track on Immaculate Machine’s new album High on Jackson Hill stuck in my head for the last few days.
That’s not a bad thing.
Single Review: Au Revoir Simone – Shadows
Au Revoir Simone’s new single is many things; a massive change of direction it is not.
Nevertheless, this product of their precise, understated disco pop machine proves more than impressive. The sinister, hypnotic background bass and darting keyboards which urgently drive Shadows notably set the scene, while effortless vocals drift eerily over the top.