WATERS - Hiccups

1.    Who are WATERS?

WATERS are an indie pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. Hiccups (Feb’17) is the lead single from their third album Something More! (May’17). 

2. What kind of tune is Hiccups? 

Hiccups has a pop-punk edge married to the usual feel good, sunshiny, indie-pop singalong chorus. A light-hearted pleasure.

3. Who do WATERS sound like?

Grouplove, New Politics and Mother Mother. 

4. What have the press said about Hiccups?

“Modern take on classic grunge” – The Celebrity Café.

“Power-pop sneer” – Black Book.

“Y’all killed it” – You Tube Comments.

 

5. Which bands have influenced WATERS?

WATERS main influences are Modest Mouse, Weezer, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. 

6. Why should I listen to WATERS? 

Because you are young or at least young at heart. Because you don't mind a little pop-punk. 

7. What are WATERS best songs? 

Got To My Head, What's Real and I Feel Everything.

8. Any more words?

Something More! is produced by Tim Pagnotta (New Politics, Neon Trees, Walk The Moon). 

“All of my hiccups,

Only brought me to you”

New Politics are a pop-punk band from Copenhagen, Denmark. They have recorded three albums and sound similar to The Royal Concept, Young The Giant and Youngblood Hawke.  New Politics are influenced by 30 Seconds To Mars, Nirvana and Arctic Monkeys. Harlem was the lead single from their third album A Bad Girl In Harlem (2015). Sputnik Music called the tune “uproarious.”

“Hair metal on a Japanese boom box”

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - 10 Of The Best (Part Three)

These songs didn’t make it onto the blog. They should have as these are some of the best indie songs of 2015 so prepare to have your socks knocked off in this end of year special!

1.   Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart

The hugely popular indie hip hop/ pop duo from Columbus, Ohio, released Tear In My Heart (April’15) as the second single off their fourth long player Blurry Face (May’15).  It’s a piano led indie pop rocker that you’d have to be dead inside not to enjoy.
 

 

2.   Hippo Campus – Close To Gold

An indie rock band from St. Paul, Minnesota, Hippo Campus released just their second EP this year South (Oct’15). On it is this little nugget, Close To Gold (Sept'15), with a ‘sermon from the mountain on fire’ style of vocal delivery and a massed choir in support. Not just ‘close’.

 

3.   Marsicans – Gone In A Second

An indie pop band from Leeds, England, with a few short players under their belt, this band has built a solid reputation for upbeat melodies and a driving rhythm section. Gone In A Second (April’15) will shimmer it’s way into your heart.

 

 

 



4.   New Politics – 50 Feet Tall/Girl Crush

Yeah, there’s no excuse for these two. Utterly banal indie rock pretenders New Politics from Copenhagen, Denmark, have provided two of the most disposable indie rock songs to ever blacken the airways. From their third album Vikings (Aug’15) these two tracks are pure fuckin nonsense...  and lovely for it ... Clash references and all... This might be just radio playlist filler but join in the fun and get some of 50 Feet Tall (July'15) and Girl Crush (Dec'15).

 

 

 

 

5.   The Stereophonics – C’est La Vie

Welsh alternative rock legends The Stereophonics bring some punk snarl and attitude to this bouncy little 50’s style rocker. Check out the lyrics, there’s some urine extraction going on in C’est La Vie (May’15), the first single from their ninth album Keep The Village Alive (Sept’15).



 

6.   Waters – What’s Real

 

The title track to their second album What's Real (May'15) is a reminder of all that's good about indie rock. Earnest, emotive communication of the important messages lifes experiences have to offer. The San Francisco band have created another legit anthem in this 'run to the finish line' indie rocker.

 

 





7.   Torres – Sprinter

Torres is Mackenzie Scott an indie folk rocker from Nashville, Tennessee. Sprinter (April’15) is the title track from her second album Sprinter (May’15) and reminds of 90’s grunge anthems. Strong as a taint punt and noisy quiet like The Pixies or Nirvana. Superlative.
 

 

 



8.   Twin River – Bend To Brake

A garage rock band that on first listen sounds like two minutes of simple fury but on later listens reveals more. Bend To Brake (Feb’15) is from the Vancouver band's first album Should The Light Go Out (Feb’15). A band that toured the east coast this year with old school punks The Damned, Bend To Brake ain’t got no time for wusses...

 



9.   Titus Andronicus – Fatal Flaw

    
Legendary New Jersey punk band Titus Andronicus released a triple album (double CD) concept album The Most Lamentable Tragedy (July’15) with a string of fucking goodies on it. Fatal Flaw (Jun’15) has a deeper rock groove and Springsteen feel. It bounces. It’s pure unadulterated genius and as addictive as horse, this is a pearl from one of the only bands that matter.

 10.   The Eiffels – I'm Ready

This tune is heavily indebted to 80’s pop but obviously better because, well, the eighties...  I'm Ready (May'15) is all synths and bubble and pop and grows on you like crotch rot in the jungle. The Eiffels are an indie pop band from Los Angeles ... because of course they are ... and this is from their debut self-titled short player The Eiffels. Superb driving music.

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - WATERS

If Indie tunes were smack Got To My Head (Feb’14) is a hot shot.

Whimsical, melodic, killer chorus and wham-bam, just like your man, done inside three minutes. Bliss. This should be preserved in amber as a perfect specimen of indie pop in case scientists thousands of years from now need to extract the DNA to recreate the sound of people having orgasmic fun while we burning up all the oil and extinguishing life on land and in the oceans.

From a San Francisco band, Port O’Brien, Van Pierszalowski is the driving force behind this band, active since 2011.

Got To My Head is off WATERS second pop of the weasel, the album It All Might Be OK (Oct'14).

Van Pierszalowski has a woody for Weezer but who doesn't?

Another WATERS song that is bloody good is I Feel Everything.

The drummer of Grouplove, Ryan Rabin, produced WATERS new album It All Might Be OK.
 

Here’s the Californian indie rock band Grouplove Ways To Go (2013). Ways To Go was the lead single off Grouplove’s second album Spreading Rumours (2013) that was released to widespread critical and public acclaim.

Fuck it’s awesome.

“I didn’t ask for that,
You give me heart attack,
I didn’t want to care”