The Sunday Reeds – Jean Luc

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:29:27 +0000

Jean Luc is a superb piece of rock’n’roll pop noir from Melbourne’s The Sunday Reeds. Taken from their EP Amour Tragique, out on August 1st on Heartgun Records, it tells of the tumultuous relationship between Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anna Karina. Their complex relationship has mirrors in a particularly bitter relationship break up in Paris, that most romantic city in the world, where founding duo Romana Ashton and Drew Jones spent three days and were evidently inspired. Joined by Jeremy Russell in 2010, the three piece toss together 90s grunge (check out the vocals), bristling blues scales and wholesome 60s pop. It’s rich and lush, dark and poised, ominously teetering on the edge of an emotional immersive collapse but all the while musically tight.

The Penelopes – Time To Shine

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 15:46:58 +0000

Gotta love a dollop of Parisian pop, especially one that paces along with such vibrant vitality, chanting words of inspiration, and is free, gratis, nada to download. Time To Shine suggests that for French duo The Penelopes, who take influences from Kitsune, Is Tropical and Night Drive, have infused their own personality by producing it themselves, and are helped out by hit smelling mixer Dan Grech-Marguerat (Lana Del Ray, The Vaccines). Out on June 9th on Pour Le Monde.

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The Sunday Reeds – Jean Luc

The Penelopes – Time To Shine