As I sit in my temporary home in Brisbane, finding myself with some time on my hands for the first time in a long time, I decide to take a look back on all the music sent to me back when I was in Lancaster. A good friend Tommie sent me a demo of his new London based band ‘Bathing Blonds’. A real lovely bunch of people who I had the pleasure of playing to on tour with The Thyme Machine back in February 2011 when they let us play at their house party!
The demo starts out with a song with a spin on the title of one of my favourite films. Entitled “Logan’s Runny Nose” the initial listen gives you the impression that these guys have a very clear idea of what they are doing. Lifts of organ and time change breaks really strike a chord with my taste. A playful sound that digs deep.
“Launderette Love” is driven with a melodic organ line which drops into a great verse melody. A very sophisticated chord sequence lies underneath the whole track. We then move onto “Young Age” which unfolds the use of the synthesizer, with bends, squeaks and all the whistles. More great time changes follow with the bass usually driving the outfit.
I really like this and feel it commands you to listen again and again. If you have a tendency to avoid low fidelity recorded sounds then be aware, but if you can see through this then you will find a huge diamond in the rough.
Find the demo here: http://soundcloud.com/bathingblonds/sets
On the we here: http://www.bathingblonds.tk/
by Johnny Apple Speed
As I sit in my temporary home in Brisbane, finding myself with some time on my hands for the first time in a long time, I decide to take a look back on all the music sent to me back when I was in Lancaster. A good friend Tommie sent me a demo of his new London based band ‘Bathing Blonds’. A real lovely bunch of people who I had the pleasure of playing to on tour with The Thyme Machine back in February 2011 when they let us play at their house party!
The demo starts out with a song with a spin on the title of one of my favourite films. Entitled “Logan’s Runny Nose” the initial listen gives you the impression that these guys have a very clear idea of what they are doing. Lifts of organ and time change breaks really strike a chord with my taste. A playful sound that digs deep.
“Launderette Love” is driven with a melodic organ line which drops into a great verse melody. A very sophisticated chord sequence lies underneath the whole track. We then move onto “Young Age” which unfolds the use of the synthesizer, with bends, squeaks and all the whistles. More great time changes follow with the bass usually driving the outfit.
I really like this and feel it commands you to listen again and again. If you have a tendency to avoid low fidelity recorded sounds then be aware, but if you can see through this then you will find a huge diamond in the rough.
Find the demo here: http://soundcloud.com/bathingblonds/sets
On the we here: http://www.bathingblonds.tk/
by Johnny Apple Speed
Posted 3 months ago & Filed under Bathing Blonds, Barnbox,
