Showing posts with label Twee Pop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twee Pop. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Fireflies - Covers



Just some fantastic covers here done extraordinarily well. Covers from Joy Division to Neil Young to the Ramones. There is one out of the ordinary cover from The Cat's Miaow, Just unbelievable simplicity at its finest:


I'm sorry, it's not your fault at all
I have nothing that won't disappoint you
You describe me as if I'm hollow inside
The sad thing is I think you might be right

How do you know?
When I say goodbye that I'm not lying
How do you know?
When I say goodbye that I'm not lying

Okay, you know that I avoid you
Because it just becomes an awkward silence
You describe me as if I'm hollow inside
The sad thing is I think you might be right

How do you know?
When I say goodbye that I'm not lying
How do you know?
When I say goodbye that I'm not lying 



I Just recently wrote those lyrics down on a yellow legal-pad with my typewriter where the M didn't work, so i used r & n to suffice: rn--sort of works, good enough at least. Anyways i gave her this note, folded 8 different times around a small bar of soap, Motel 6 facial & bath soap, with a rubber band holding it together. Well...it didn't go as well as I'd planed, not in the least bit. she was indifferent for the rest of the night, she kept her distance. She wouldn't even look me in the eye, but anyway, I should just stop bitching about it and do something, and at this point I think my doing so is doing nothing at all. good night.


Monday, December 13, 2010

Acid House Kings - Pop, Look & Listen!



A lost Jangle Pop gem from, Swedish, twee-pop trio, the Acid House Kings, who formed in 1991 and made their first full-length pop album a year later in 1992 on the German label Marsh Marigold. I thought I'd post this album in spirit of the season thanks to track 6, Christmas, which also happens to be one of the more boring and drab songs on the line-up. But anyways here it is, a twelve song sing along cornerstone for any Jangle Pop fan.


TRACKS:
1. Thirteen again
2. I'll still be there
3. Your favourite flower
4. Say yes
5. Please be
6. Christmas
7. Song of the colour red
8. Mrs. Green
9. Times
10. Autumn afternoon
11. Adorable
12. Sadly, I'm never loved



RELEASE DATE: 1992
LABEL: Marsh Marigold Records
Pop, Look & Listen! [1992]

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Even As We Speak - Nothing Ever Happens EP


1990's 7" EP, Nothing Ever Happens EP is a tremendous 5 song contribution to early 90's Indie Pop and to the Sarah Label as a whole. 5 songs that display Matthew Love's (vocals, guitar) striking songwriting talent and musical range and ability. A popy version of New Order's Bizzarre Love Triangle is a nice break off from a song that's been beaten to death with electronic and post-punk remixes you hear over and over. Nothing Ever Happens EP is a must have for any Sarah lover or an excellent introduction to the Sarah Label for those who are just hearing its sound for the first time.

Year: 1990
Label: Sarah Records
Album: 7" EP, Sarah 037


TRACKLISTING:
1. Goes So Slow 2:27
2. Blue Suburban Skies 2:26
3. Bizzarre Love Trianlge 1:55
4. Nothing Ever Happens 1:26
5. A Stranger Calls 1:50

Sarah 037