Showing posts with label similar to WATERS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label similar to WATERS. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Mother Mother - Get Up





Mother Mother are a popular indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. Get Up (Sept'18) is the first single from their seventh album Dance Cry (Nov'18). Mother Mother have a radio-friendly indie pop/rock sound similar to Grouplove and WATERS. Mother Mother's influences are The Pixies and Dirty Projectors. Get Up is a fierce, seize-the-day song, that walks a perfect line between their pop sensibilities, indie quirkiness, and rock rage. Another vital installment from a band that brought us classics like Love Stuck and Get Out Of The Way.







Sunday, 11 December 2016

Mother Mother - Love Stuck




1.    Who are they? 

Mother Mother are a popular indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. They have been serving up the red hot tunes since 2005. Love Stuck (Nov'16) is the second single from their sixth album No Culture (Feb'17). 


2. What's the song like?

A marching beat, a chant-along catchy chorus and upbeat bounce. Standard issue, radio friendly, indie rock.


3. Who do Mother Mother sound like?

Grouplove, WATERS and Tokyo Police Club.


4. What have the mutts in the press said about Love Stuck?

“Bright and charged” – U Music. 

“Music underpinned by the belief that love wins” – Skope Mag.

“This is so optimistic” – YouTube Comments.



 



5. Which bands have influenced Mother Mother? 

Their main influences are The Beatles and The Pixies. They have mentioned some love for The Dirty Projectors and Little Dragon. 


6. Why should I listen to Love Stuck

Love Stuck is innocuous indie pop. 


7. Do Mother Mother have any other good songs? 

Get Out Of The Way rocks harder and is all the better for it and so does Bit By Bit. Monkey Tree has a more expansive melancholy synth-pop groove.


8. Any more words? 

Nah. 

“I’ve got my love stuck in my thoughts, in my thoughts”







Saint Motel are a popular dreamy indie pop band from Los Angeles, California. They have been playing together since 2009 and Move (Aug'16) is the lead single from their second album saintmotelevision (Oct'16). Saint Motel sound similar to Walk The Moon, Young The Giant and Local Natives. They are influenced by bands like M83, Cage The Elephant, Animal Collective and The Kinks. Move marries 70's soul and disco elements to an indie pop song and is the kind of inspirational song you put on your jogging playlist.


“Gotta get up, I gotta get up,
Move”







Saturday, 3 September 2016

Grouplove - Do You Love Someone





     1.    Who are these happy few?

Grouplove are an indie rock band from Los Angeles. They formed in 2009 and have released three albums. They have found popular success; the song Tongue Tied has sold over a million copies in the U.S, two other tunes sold half a million each, and their songs have been featured on TV, movies and video games. Do You Love Someone (Aug’16)  is the second single from Grouplove’s third album Big Mess (Sept’16). 


2. What kind of product are Grouplove pushing?

Do You Love Someone is typical west coast sunshine, bubble and pop.  Pretty vacuous; but with a bit more tits from the guitar and thump from the drums than the usual limp wrist west coast indie wank. The tune grows on you.


3. Who do Grouplove sound like? 

WATERS, The Mowglis and The Royal Concept. 


4. What have the cut and paste brigade said about Do You Love Someone?

“Has the anthemic qualities that will please their fans” – Pure Volume.

“Creative, upbeat” – Earmilk. 

“Melodic hooks, a catchy scream along chorus and indie alt guitars” – Jam Spreader.








5. Which bands put the love in the group?

The main Grouplove influences are Nirvana, The Pixies, Radiohead,  Michael Jackson and Paul Simon. 


6. Why should I give Do You Love Someone a lash?

Do You Love Someone is emblematic of Grouplove's music. Sweet pop with a rock undercurrent and with a stadium sized chorus. The band's powers may be waning but they can still knock out a popular and catchy tune. 


7. What are Grouplove's other bangers? 

Tongue Tied obviously. Ways To Go is vital. Shark Attack  (with it's Paul Simon-esque guitar) and Borderlines and Aliens have the magic. Don't neglect No Drama Queen


8. Any more words Cyril?

Big Mess was produced by the Grouplove’s drummer and Phil Elk (Fleet Foxes, Band Of Horses and The Shins). 

Grouplove's drummer, Ryan Rabin, is the son of Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin.




“I can never seem to get all of my words across”









Simple Kid is Ciaran McFeely from Ireland; an indie electronic pop rock musician who made music from the early 2000's to 2012. His music never met with the success it deserved. Influenced by The Beatles, glam rock and country, his music was often compared to Beck and his production to Fat Boy Slim. Lil' King Kong (2006) was one of his few successes making it onto American TV appearances and TV advertisements. Get into it.




“Shoutin’ at the passers down in ol’ Soho”