History repeats itself. The first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Karl Marx that was. But he might as well have been talking / writing about Pop Music as great events.
Take Teleheath as a contemporary example. You might like to. They're fun. Although I'm not sure they should be taken entirely seriously. They are the new Synth Wave of the early Eighties to New Post Punk's Post Punk.
They jerk and pivot like Devo, Men Without Hats, Orchestral Manouveres in the Dark, Visage and Landscape on Top of the Pops back in the day, with some knob like Dave Lee Travis presenting. You remember those Golden Days? The Robot people in bands who were never quite the same once they discovered Kraftwerk. Nice video, shame about the song.
According to their Spotify bio, Teleheath are Seattle's 'Hottest New Pop sensation'. I cannot comment on this though they're certainly not altogether new, unless you consider 1981 new.
Again according to Spotify, debut album 'Content Oscillator is an angular collection of friends that alleviate the modern challenge of ' 'just trying not to suck.'
That must be tough, but I'm not going to start feeling sorry for the young just yet. It's no excuse for Teleheath's sunglasses and haircuts. You end up half expecting them to come out and play We Can Dance if We Want To for an encore and there's no excuse for that.
Content Oscillator is great fun but it transcends daft at the same time. I really enjoyed my time with it yesterday morning. It gave me a weird nostalgic thrill and made me feel a little bit younger for a short while.
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