Firstly, I just wanted to make sure everyone has had a loverly christmasy holiday? Yes? Good.
Secondly, I would like to send a big thankyou to Mission Australia, who along with doing some fabulous work, not just over the Christmas period, but all year round, have blessed me with choosing me as one of the winners of their recent Homebake competition and therefore are the driver behind this review with the delivery of a delightful EMI Artists prize pack which included this very cd:
Faker - Be the Twilight
I must say that I have never been a loyal follower of the Sydney band, Faker. Be the Twilight is their second album and I do believe I can only sing a fraction of a chorus of one of their other tunes.
Now I sit and listen to this new album, i realise, that just as I suspected, there is nothing outstanding about Faker. They aren't bad by any means. Your typical, drums, bass, guitars, singer kinda band; good music to vacuum to.
In fact, i feel quite terrible in saying this, but none of the songs on this album stand out above any others to any large extent. The first (and first single from the album) song "This Heart Attack" is marginally more catchy than the rest.
I have never seen Faker live, but I imagine that they are 10 times better live (especially when there is beer on hand).
See what you think.
Faker are:
Nathan Hudson - Vocals
Nic Munnings - Bass
Stefan Gregory - Guitar
Paul Berryman - Drums
Fakers Official Website
Never fear! Every cloud has a silver lining.... etc:
Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set - The Moon Looked On
Clare Bowditch, from Melbourne, happens to have an amazing voice and even though her latest album is not in the style of Britpop, her 3rd album with the Feeding Set, The Moon Looked On, get's a thumbs up from me!
A sort of folky with snippets of pop sort of style. Each song sounds quite different and is catchy in its own way. Even though it seems to just be basic music written for guitars, the songs are embelished by other instruments and vocal harmonies that set each song apart from the rest. It defintely shows that she has a wealth of song writing experience.
"When the Lights went down" is the first single from this album and if you want to have a look at the clip below, you'll see that this is one of the more poppy-esque songs on the album (because i'm sure you already have the cd sitting there in front of you and can easily compare.... ahem)
Compared with the Faker album (although there's really no point comparing) I would also have this album on whilst doing housework, but probably dusting rather than vacuuming.
The Feeding Set are:
Marty Brown - drums (and drummer for Art of Fighting)
Warren Bloom - bass
Tim Harvey - guitar (and frontman of the band, Hot Little Hands)
Libby Chow - french horn and backing vocals
Official Wesbite
That'd be all from me - Sally and the Schnitzel Safari
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