“This could so easily slip into twee, into over-glossed saccharine and cuteness, but instead there’s a rich seam of warm simple sounds that worm their way into your anvils…”
Pop
“It’s florescent, magnetic, it glows. With a 70’s camp glitz and electronic glamour it just seems to seep through the tweeters…”
Dig in and ingest and digest. Here’s this month’s high delights for your pleasure…
“Run’ is a single that hides in itself, that comes across pain free and breezy. It washes, soaks, and soothes over smoothly, it doesn’t strain to command our attention…”
“Riding high on the sweet indie kicks of Dolly Mixture, St Etienne and Lucky Soul, Jody and The Jerms take that Cherry Red sugar and produce something slick and endearing…”
“There’s a newness, a carelessness, a free-wheeling nonchalance, there’s a touch of a proto-punk attitude…”
“As the sweetness of Tiny Dyno’s 2020 releases meets The Hideaway’s tastes for anthemics, both bands tease out the best of each other. ‘Soho Bedroom Party’ is a welcome distraction from all reasons not to be cheerful…”
“There’s a gently subdued and ethereal glow to this single that strangely disarms us. It’s softer and smoother than most that’s reviewed here, it asks us to sit in and settle….”
“There’s a self-knowing, solemn and sarcastic charm to the sound she’s remade and created. It’s a pin-prick sharp homage to shoulder-jerk pop with enough dark self-doubt to stay shameless…’
“It’s a dormant pop gem with a bubblegum agro and it’s blissfully short, sharp and raucous.”
