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MANIC STREET PREACHERS
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‘International Blue’ is the first new release from legendary UK band Manic Street Preachers. The single arrived this week (8th December 2017) and is taken from their 13th studio album Resistance Is Futile (Columbia/Sony Records).
The single was inspired by the city of Nice in the mid winter sun and the life’s work of French Nouveau realisme artist Yves Klein.
Nicky Wire explained “I’d been digesting the lyric for five years, since being in Nice and finally joining the dots between Yves Klein’s International Klein Blue and the vast open blue of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a moment of connection that felt perfectly natural – not forced or intellectualised. A different kind of enrichment that feels increasingly difficult to find. The track itself is carried by the kind of naïve energy that powered ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’”.
James Dean Bradfield added “Often I just need a great title to set me off. Seeing the word blue struck a chord and set off memories of pure pop records we grew up with – things like the ‘Story of the Blues’ by Wah!, ‘Moon is Blue’ by Colourbox, Orange Juice’s ‘Blue Boy’ and’ In Bluer Skies’ by Echo and the Bunnymen….”
Please note: I just checked and the single is actually not available to the US market. You can’t buy it here, and I’m assuming you can’t listen to it online either (?).
MSP will be playing a few dates in 2018:
manicstreetpreachers.com
‘International Blue’ is the first new release from legendary UK band Manic Street Preachers. The single arrived this week (8th December 2017) and is taken from their 13th studio album Resistance Is Futile (Columbia/Sony Records).
The single was inspired by the city of Nice in the mid winter sun and the life’s work of French Nouveau realisme artist Yves Klein.
Nicky Wire explained “I’d been digesting the lyric for five years, since being in Nice and finally joining the dots between Yves Klein’s International Klein Blue and the vast open blue of the Mediterranean Sea. It was a moment of connection that felt perfectly natural – not forced or intellectualised. A different kind of enrichment that feels increasingly difficult to find. The track itself is carried by the kind of naïve energy that powered ‘Motorcycle Emptiness’”.
James Dean Bradfield added “Often I just need a great title to set me off. Seeing the word blue struck a chord and set off memories of pure pop records we grew up with – things like the ‘Story of the Blues’ by Wah!, ‘Moon is Blue’ by Colourbox, Orange Juice’s ‘Blue Boy’ and’ In Bluer Skies’ by Echo and the Bunnymen….”
Please note: I just checked and the single is actually not available to the US market. You can’t buy it here, and I’m assuming you can’t listen to it online either (?).
MSP will be playing a few dates in 2018:
23 April NEWCASTLE, Metro Radio Arena
25 April GLASGOW, The SSE Hydro Arena
27 April BIRMINGHAM, Arena
28 April MANCHESTER, Arena
1 May LLANDUDNO, Venue Cymru Arena
2 May LEEDS, First Direct Arena
4 May LONDON, The SSE Arena Wembley
5 May CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena
25 April GLASGOW, The SSE Hydro Arena
27 April BIRMINGHAM, Arena
28 April MANCHESTER, Arena
1 May LLANDUDNO, Venue Cymru Arena
2 May LEEDS, First Direct Arena
4 May LONDON, The SSE Arena Wembley
5 May CARDIFF, Motorpoint Arena
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WHITE TOWN
whitetown.co.uk
I’ll confess, I love White Town’s ‘Your Woman’ when I discover the song ten years ago (even though the song has been around since 1990): “I got distracted by this awesome song called "Your Woman" by White Town. I couldn't shake that AWESOME hook he has in the song. I knew it was an older-sound, I was guessing like Amadeus, but as it turns out, it was a 1930s song by Al Bowlly called "My Woman" (very clever, Mr White Town!)”
Coming up on December 20, 2017, White Town (aka aka Joyti Mishra) will be reinventing his one-hit song as ‘Your Woman 1917’… as if the song was recorded 100 years ago. I understand the reason for this, as the original Al Bowlly that he sampled was written about 100 years ago, so it would make sense if White Town existed back then, that his song ‘Your Woman’ would sound with natural orchestra and acoustics (note: no electronic guitar or dance beats). While the re-imagined song sounded just fine (maybe a little slower and easier to understand the lyrics), it missed the whole point on why the original ‘Your Woman’ song is such genius. The main reason why I love ‘Your Woman’ is that it combines music from a hundred years ago with cheap techno dance beats; it’s something you don’t really expect in a pop song at all.
Anyway, you can hear the new ‘Your Woman 1917’ on youtube.com and decide for yourself.
White Town will be playing a rare London gig this Friday, December 15th, at St John On Bethnal Green church, supporting Haiku Salut’s Christmas Lamp Show.
whitetown.co.uk
I’ll confess, I love White Town’s ‘Your Woman’ when I discover the song ten years ago (even though the song has been around since 1990): “I got distracted by this awesome song called "Your Woman" by White Town. I couldn't shake that AWESOME hook he has in the song. I knew it was an older-sound, I was guessing like Amadeus, but as it turns out, it was a 1930s song by Al Bowlly called "My Woman" (very clever, Mr White Town!)”
Coming up on December 20, 2017, White Town (aka aka Joyti Mishra) will be reinventing his one-hit song as ‘Your Woman 1917’… as if the song was recorded 100 years ago. I understand the reason for this, as the original Al Bowlly that he sampled was written about 100 years ago, so it would make sense if White Town existed back then, that his song ‘Your Woman’ would sound with natural orchestra and acoustics (note: no electronic guitar or dance beats). While the re-imagined song sounded just fine (maybe a little slower and easier to understand the lyrics), it missed the whole point on why the original ‘Your Woman’ song is such genius. The main reason why I love ‘Your Woman’ is that it combines music from a hundred years ago with cheap techno dance beats; it’s something you don’t really expect in a pop song at all.
Anyway, you can hear the new ‘Your Woman 1917’ on youtube.com and decide for yourself.
White Town will be playing a rare London gig this Friday, December 15th, at St John On Bethnal Green church, supporting Haiku Salut’s Christmas Lamp Show.
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REDLIGHT
redlightmusic.co.uk
DJ/record producer Redlight (not to be confused with rock band Red Light) is from Bristol, England (hence his “Redlight UK” name on his soundcloud). His latest song ‘Zum Zum’ (his third Lobster Boy Records single this year) features his collaboration with British reggae singer Sweetie Irie (who had a massive hit with ‘Who?’ with Ed Case in the early 2000).
You can listen to ‘Zum Zum’ now on soundcloud.com.
redlightmusic.co.uk
DJ/record producer Redlight (not to be confused with rock band Red Light) is from Bristol, England (hence his “Redlight UK” name on his soundcloud). His latest song ‘Zum Zum’ (his third Lobster Boy Records single this year) features his collaboration with British reggae singer Sweetie Irie (who had a massive hit with ‘Who?’ with Ed Case in the early 2000).
You can listen to ‘Zum Zum’ now on soundcloud.com.
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