A little backlog seems to be building up in my earpod recently... but now it is time... to spread some love. The love i'm spreading today is for a group of english boys and one of Sydney's favourite ladies.
Favours For Sailors
It's definitely not your poncey indiepop, which is kinda of odd, because when i imagine giving favours to sailors..... no Sally, don't go there.
Not arriving on my radar until recently, it seems again, I am one of the last to know. According to their MySpace page, Favours For Sailors
are attracting quite a lot of the right sort of attention from a number
of notable British radio personalities (Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq)
and magazines (Uncut and Clash). What I have here is a delightful
set of songs from a particular radio session.... of unknown date
or relevance, but anyway..... all the same they're a set of songs with well rounded sounds, ripe for a sing
along and a little jig session. Profound lyrics? No, not really. But
still, very catchy indeed. I Dreamt That You Dreamt That I Loved You In My Dreams .... good to hear everyone has odd dreams occasionally.
So who are they? The word is Favours For Sailors are a group of four, four boys, four English boys, some from Cornwall, some from London. Meeting somehow, somewhere and there you have it. A band is born. One point I've read that gets me more interested is that Scottish band Dananananaykroyd (another band to belatedly hit my radar) handpicked Favours For Sailors to tour with them on the southern leg of their recent tour. Rumour has it that the boys are currently recording the follow up to their debut mini album ‘Furious Sons’.
If
you head back over to their MySpace page, you'll notice a few live
dates coming up. It might be an idea that eyes and ears are kept peeled
for word on these guys because, in my opinion, we'll be hearing more
from Favours From Sailors at some point in the near future.
A lovely young lady with an amazing voice, based in Sydney, well worth a listen or three. I wont spend a lot of time talking up Miss Blasko, I'll save that for another time. What I have to share with you now however, is a little listening treat. If you click here you will be transported to a place where you can get.... FOR FREE.... a track, No Turning Back , off the new album by the lovely Sarah Blasko. I wont say much. Just listen.
Also, if you'd like to hear more (and quite a few live shows coming up to keep track of), this is where you need to go: http://www.myspace.com/sarahblasko
Until next time.
Sally
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