Teleman - Dusseldorf

1.    Who are these chaps?

Teleman are an indie pop band from London, England. Started in 2012 they have two long players. Dusseldorf (Feb’16) is the second single from Teleman’s second long player Brilliant Sanity (April’16).
 

2. What have they got?

Dusseldorf is mellow indie pop rocker and a mite melancholy. Keyboards trade with guitar noodles and straight up riffs and it all winds up to a satisfying all in finale.

 

3. Who do Teleman sound like?

The vocals are similar to Martin Phillips of The Chills. Paste Magazine compared Teleman generally to Django Django, Supergrass and Belle and Sebastian.

4. What’s the word from the fourth estate?

“Brutalist pop feel” – Clash Music.

“Krautrock-esque” – Under The Radar.

“A brash assault of synth and guitars” – No More Work Horse.

 

 

5. Which bands have shaped Teleman’s sound?

The main Teleman influences are Roxy Music, Talking Heads, New Order, Kraftwerk and Franco Battiato.

6. Why should I press play on Dusseldorf?

You'd have to be some kind of special lazy not to. Post-punk. Melodic. Some people like that sort of thing. Guitars hold their own but. Even a proper lead break. OK proper is a stretch. Dusseldorf is really nice.


7. Do Teleman have any more nice songs?

Probably.


8. Any more words?

Brilliant Sanity is produced by Dan Carey who has worked for Hot Chip, Franz Ferdiand, Lily Allen, Bloc Party, Django Django and many more.

Teleman are supporting Belle and Sebastian at the Royal Hall in London (June 22^nd).

Dusseldorf was judiciously selected by Jonathan Hunt for his Indie Rock Playlist, (March'16).

“All alone on the carousal spinning away”

The Chills are an iconic indie pop band from Dunedin, New Zealand. They started in 1980 on the Flying Nun label and are still going strong. The Chills have five long players on their roll of honor. The band were poised for success in 1990 when their second album Submarine Bells hit number one on the back of the accurately named single Heavenly Pop Hit and the national tour to support the album ended in a triumphant hometown Town Hall concert. I was there. Pitchfork said Heavenly Pop Hit is “music so wonderful it’s no wonder no radio station dared touch it, it would have made nearly everything else sound bad by comparison.” Yeah the title was ironic which made it so special.

 

“Once we were damned now I guess we are angels”

 

 

White - Living Fiction



1. Who are they?

White are a Scottish indie disco pop band from Glascow. Living Fiction is a 2014 song re-released in January 2016 as a stand alone single.

2. What does Living Fiction sound like?

Middle of the road indie pop rock with a fat slice of funkiness. Modest ska guitar with short lead guitar lines add a modicum of bite and precedes a big 80's pop chorus that is as sticky as a slaughterhouse floor. Smooth and accomplished and ultimately with as much nutritional value as sugar.

3. Who do White sound like?

Living Fiction sounds like Bryan Ferry backed by The Police with a side dish of 70's disco. Contemporarily, here's looking at you The 1975 and Love Me.  For something left field I was minded of the indie disco of San Cisco  and the synth pop of Harriet's Irish Magaritas.

Generally the band have said they make a link between 70's to early 80's music with today and their music has evoked comparisons with David Bowie, Spandau Ballet, ABC, Franz Ferdinand, The Rakes, Hard Fi and Associate. 

4. What have the cut and paste jackals got to say?

They are falling over themselves in love and White are considered a 'buzz band'. The Daily Record hailed the “...incredible fusion of arty 80s pop and pummelling punk-funk dance groove” of Living Fiction and summarised that they are “...about to blow up big with this hit.” Scottish Fiction said Living Fiction is “a fantastically catchy song”. The Guardian made White band of the week saying Living Fiction has “... a real chance of success...” and Crack In The Road called White, “Scotland’s most exciting band right now.” Poor old Scotland, still you've suffered worse I imagine.

5. Who do White get their groove from?

In short Roxy Music, David Bowie, Chic, Franz Ferdinand and LCD Soundsystem. They have mentioned liking Talking Heads, loving David Bowie and seeking to emulate LCD Soundsystem.

6. Why should I listen to Living Fiction?

Listen for pure hedonistic pleasure. The chorus is so contagious as Hollywood should be looking to make a disappointing movie out of it.

7. Do White have any more good tunes?

Future Pleasures doesn't suck donkey dick and Blush isn't mingin.

8. Anything else I should know about White?

They were all in prior bands and have manufactured their emergence to the maximum.

The song Living In Fiction is about perfection through fakeness. Nailed it lads.

Stirring the custard is a palate cleanser, the Scottish indie rock legends The Jesus and Mary Chain and the monster groove that is Side Walking (1988).

“Got ice in my fire, got the heat in my wire
Inject a little heat, I'm burning up the tires”