A wistful throwback start to the first working week of February.. Brett Anderson fronting a Flying Nuns band. Ohio band The Laughing Chimes strike no end of artful poses which hark unmistakeably back to yesteryear on the posily entitled Whispers in The Speech Machine.
You can't help but feel that you're in a damp cellar somewhere in the Eighties wearing your favourite polkadot shirt. Back in the days when you had a full and not unimpressive head of hair.
The lack of variety in The Laughing Chimes schtick wear slightly over the course of a whoe album. Also the mannered delivery of their lead singer. But this is a bright start to the working week.
This has been getting a lot of love from people I follow on social media (Bluesky mostly now), but I haven't listened yet. I have been following them for a while and quite like what I've heard without thinking I need to hear the whole album... The difference between facsimile and influence, maybe? Who knows, I should probably give it a go! My favourite albums from last week were by Rosa Bordallo and Whelpwisher.
ReplyDeleteOk, I listened! Started off better than I thought...but was a bit much by the end. And I couldn't stop thinking about Brett Anderson after you had mentioned him! That was never going to bode well for me
ReplyDeleteThat voice gets very annoying doesn't it Darren. I thought the first track was great. Then it went downhill. Not much variety. I've found better since this week.
DeleteHa, yes, it was the first track that I liked!
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