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Dance To The Radio
4 x 12” DANCE TO THE RADIO 20.4.09 @www.vanguard-online.co.uk
After some pondering we decided this release belonged in the albums section, being a bit of a rarity - a 12” EP. Volume One in a series of four, this release showcases four of the label’s band, a bit like Factory Records’ Earcom series. It’s a cone of chips from Leeds, with four different sauces – I’ll let you decide which is gravy, which is baked beans, mushy peas or curry sauce. Wonderswan’s deliciously bored vocals over neo-shoegaze, throbbed up for the Noughties open the proceedings with Hey Nature. Broadcast Society soars in an anthemic way, all rising guitar tone and intense sounding lyrics. Burbling bass and pounding drums suggest something of importance to say, despite the hearkening back to sounds U2 put about in the eighties. Pulled Apart By Horses’ effort is, as always, hoarse, intense and louder than an explosion in a fireworks factory. Heavy riffing alternates with racing pulse-beat drums and squeezed out vocals. The title gets the prize: “E = MC Hammer”…… Bear Hands is infectious and will haunt your aural memory for a while. Tied up tight disco style high-soul vocals introduce an electronic-coloured rolling dance-ballad that is sexy and retro-futurist. www.dancetotheradio.com |
