The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Calling All Cars

Calling All Cars Standing In The Ocean (Jan'14) does an Usain Bolt from woe to go. It's the soundtrack in your head when you're legging it from The Bill down the back streets. Almost dance rock, but not, with alternating menacing and angelic vocals hovering over a heartbeat fast beat and all pistons cranking in this indie rocker.

A cracking tune guaranteed to get your blood racing and arse shaking any time of the day.

 

Calling All Cars are from Melbourne, Australia and have been playing nearly ten years. Standing In The Ocean is off Calling All Car’s third album Raise The People(July'14).

Calling All Cars were named after a Sopranos Episode and have opened shows for the gods of rock, AC/DC, Green Day and the The Foo Fighters.

While QOTSA, The Foo Fighters and Silverchair are obvious reference points the band have said their latest direction has been driven by more diverse sounds from old blues to hip-hop.
Other belters from the Calling All Cars include Raise Me To The People and Throw Me To The Wolves.  

 

 

It would be remise not to mention the Standing In The Ocean has a slight similarity to TV On The Radio’s Wolf Like Me. Also an absolute favorite, no surprises there, have a listen.