Stereo Image
Woah, two posts in as many days. I must be unwell.
A short post - because if there's something I've realized in my four-month sabbatical from blogging, it's that short posts do just the same job as long ones - on the subject of Stereo Image. Now, this band strike me as the kind who've already been written about extensively by the internet seekers who can tell me the name of every good group etc., but their debut single is good enough for me to presume otherwise and contribute some more hype to their incredibly worthy cause. Stereo Image's pedigree is, anyhow, near-impeccable: the vocals are provided by San Serac, whose 'Tyrant' single on Output was much-loved by many; the production by Johnny Dark, founder member of Junior Boys (and the brains behind Last Exit - see below). You can't really go wrong with a combo like that, and sure enough, Stereo Image shoot and score with 'Red Nights' and even more so with B-side 'Pack Moves' - crunching tech-step rhythms down below, 80s synth colourings on the mid-range and Nat doing a nice line in Bowie-esque croon-falsetto-croon up top. Pop perfection. I'm not sure if 'Red Nights'/'Pack Moves' will see its way onto 7" or exist only as download; either way, buy it when it lands.
Visit www.myspace.com/stereoimageband for sound-clips.
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posted by Blackest at 9:15 PM
6 Comments:
The brains behind Last Exit? Did you not hear So This Is Goodbye?
He wasn't involved on that LP.
big fan of last goodbye (see below), but to be honest, for me last exit is a much fresher, more original record. whether or not that's because jonny dark was involved, or not, i don't know. certainly there's continuity between the two records, and i'm not trying to underplay greenspan's role, but i can't help but feel the relative grittiness of Last Exit is thanks to the man who goes by the name, er, Dark.
And actually, Dark had nothing to do with Last Exit's production. He wrote half of the songs that finally found their way onto the LP with Greenspan before they split. Greenspan then fleshed out the demos that they'd started with his new engineer Matt Didemus. So actually, he did half of the writing and none of the production. Mystery solved. Full credits can be found on this Discogs entry:
http://www.discogs.com/release/1062291
big fan of last goodbye (see below), but to be honest, for me last exit is a much fresher, more original record. whether or not that's because jonny dark was involved, or not, i don't know. certainly there's continuity between the two records, and i'm not trying to underplay greenspan's role, but i can't help but feel the relative grittiness of Last Exit is thanks to the man who goes by the name, er, Dark.
what kind of music is this? I never heard it before, is curious how the world can surprise you all the days, inclusive with something so old.
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