My new favourite band Part blah, blah, blah. I can tell you little about Buffalo Postcard except that I heard their debut single Morning Chimes on the radio on Monday evening and loved it unconditionally and immediately. It made me think of 'early' things. Early Stone Roses, Early Ride. Early Primal Scream. Sometimes bands move away from their initial prototype but in Buffalo Postcard's case I imagine they'll continue to mine this particular seam of golden indie youth before they choose to move on if they ever do. No complaints from me if they choose not to. It's clear that in 2019 there's plenty of scope for a band to work on capturing an essence of a sound gone by that will appeal to those who experienced it first time in a previous era, (it's not as if the bands I've mentioned by comparison weren't themselves evidently in thrall to what had gone before), or those who are coming to it for the first time.
Morning Chimes sprints out of the blocks just as Ride's Chelsea Girl did all those years back in 1990. The guitars rattle and chime in best Byrds tradition, there's brief and sweet feedback and the vocals ride, (sorry!), the wave the music crafts for them. The soul of brevity. 'It's a different time and things are moving much too fast.' This has been around in various shapes and forms since 1965 when The Beatles first started to scuff up their fringes. It's a heavily repackaged sound but no less welcome to the likes of me who have never tired of it and never will. Certainly not when it's done as well as this..
What's most pleasing and even more promising is that the other two songs on the EP are equally good. Such a Drag slows down the pace but not the gorgeous yearning. It would have slotted in nicely and possibly improved the first Primal Scream album Sonic Flower Groove as that record didn't fully encapsulate their fragile, early magic, ( trust me, they had it). The third track is a cover and I'll post something about it later on today. Don't touch that dial, pop pickers.
In the meantime, can I tell you anything else about the band and this record ? Their name appears to be a musical amalgam. I'll leave you to work out what that might be for yourself. This debut is the February release on Sonic Cathedral Singles Club, which is offering a highly enticing but limited offer over the course of the year here.
As for Buffalo Postcard. They're a three-piece and they feature Henrique Laurindo a Brazilian musician now based in London and formerly in The Tamborines. The Tamborines? Nuff said! I love their first record and can't wait for their next.
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