6000 Year Peach
This is the first digitally released album Soma Dose by 6000 Year Peach, Brisbane artist who we have covered before. Soma Dose is an album of electronic music, best suited (in my opinion) as a hangover soundtrack…. when mixed with a light spattering of bacon and egg roll. Smooth and chilled, no brain strains here. It’s a big step up from the previous release, an obvious improvement in recording skills and a better grasp of what makes an excellent and well-rounded album.
You can hear two tracks from Soma Dose on the 6000 Year Peach MySpace page, "Smile for me e new everything" and "Back to my place” and the album should now be available on itunes, amazon and emusic.
For more info, head here: www.myspace.com/6000yearpeach.
Mimas
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It has to be a special reason for me to review a single song. After receiving an email on behalf of the band, Mimas…. I thought ‘how bizarre’. This was the strangest email I'd received in ages. The only person to send me more bizarre emails is my crazy cousin in London who sends me photos of "aliens" (pieces of modern art).
It was only recently I was having a conversation with a group of friends about bands to come out of Denmark…. other than Aqua we were stumped…. And one participant in this conversation was Danish. I now have some additional ammunition if this topic ever comes up again.
Mimas are a band from Denmark who will be releasing their record, The Worries, in June. The song that they sent through to us was a delightfully named tune called “Cats On Fire”. Before I say anything about the tune itself I advise to have a squizz at the film clip for it. It’s hilarious and I quote “contains everything from bank robbers, violence, sex and blood! Only with sock puppets instead of humans.” Gold.
Cats On Fire is a tune with many facets. It begins smoothly and simply, guitars and trumpet. The lyrics….. well don’t ask me, I don’t have a clue. By the end it becomes quite heavy…. yelling included.
These guys do seem fun though. Just an excerpt, in the form of a short interview, from the email we received:
Where are you from?
We're from the future. No just kidding. We were formed in 1960 and then we broke up and reunited in 2004 with the name Mimas and Papas, but now we just like Mimas more. We live in the only country in Scandinavia where you can get seriously drunk without being the poorest person on earth the day after. Booze is cheap here!Why are you named Mimas?
We really think that most good artists start with a M. Megadeth, Madonna, George Michael.... So we were really sure about the M. Imas we came up with while playing squash. It's a mental condition.How would you define you?
If you would think of a mix between the old Take That and then take some of Ice Cubes solo stuff and put in a bit of the more melodic Norwegian Black Metal you would be completely off. We're just way more indie than that.Your record will be out in the US on June 2009 on Distile Records and it will be distributed via MVD entertainment group. How is everything going so far?
Well. Very well. All we ever wanted since we were small kids on the playground shitting our pants and eating dirt was to make music and play it for people.
Anyway, if I were you I’d check them out.
MySpace: www.myspace.com/mimas
Website: mimassite.com
Dan Bull
Safe is the debut album from English solo artist, Dan Bull. When I saw that someone had made the call that Dan Bull was “The Streets meets The Smiths”, I thought… brilliant! I do like The Smiths, The Streets…not so much. Unfortunately I can’t really hear any sprinklings of The Smiths in the album. The Streets... ooh yeah..... but what’s great about Dan Bull is that he sounds NOTHING like Mike Skinner (his voice drives me bonkers).
I would describe it as indie hip hop. It’s not pure hip hop by any stretch of the meaning. It’s actually very original. As I said, it IS like The Streets, but sooo much better. Better, that is, if you appreciate musicality rather than words alone. Thistopia is almost bordering on pop. Overall, very danceable (except for the title track Safe, which could be quite easily matched as the soundtrack to the scary bits in a Scooby Doo episode).
He also pronounces the word “year” like the guy who narrates a certain documentary series I occasionally watch on the history of the monarchy within the British Isles. Not sure why that matter…. Other than it makes me slightly giggle every time I hear it.
Check it! http://www.myspace.com/danbull.
What?
Just something completely left of field, which I find totally hilarious and awesome at the same time. Do you have bucketloads of cash? Do you live near the water? Have you ever wanted a giant guitar? Then click here: CLICK
Australian solo artist, Josh Pyke, is selling his guitar boat. It’s up for auction so that you can buy it for yourself…. or for me. You'd also be doing your bit for charity (Indigenous Literacy Project).
If you'd just rather listen to more of what Josh has to offer musically, pop along to his website: www.joshpyke.com
Sally
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