Golden Fangs – ‘Jaques Brel’ (mp3)

This song has been sitting in my drafts folder since forever. From memory, it’s popped up on a couple of other blogs since it first appeared in our SoundCloud account (which we totes check so send us your shit), but I had another listen and decided it’s definitely still worth posting.

It’s called ‘Jaques Brel’ by Sydney band Golden Fangs; it’s like surf music that’s been wrapped in cast offs from a Morricone soundtrack.; it’s pop music, but in that ‘no-vocals-for-over-a-minute’ kinda way. I don’t really know how to describe it. If it doesn’t sound like “yr thing” then give it a listen anyway, as it’s way more indie friendly than that description might suggest. Seriously cool tune. As are most of the others on their Myspace. These guys are worth keeping an eye on.

www.myspace.com/goldenfangsband

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Erasers – ‘Safe Sound’ (mp3)

Quite often, the term ‘minimalist’ is less of a descriptor of compositional style, than it is a euphemism for ‘shit boring music’. Perth’s Erasers have given themselves a head-start in the right direction with clean production and a solid groove and motif to base the song on. The female vocals annoyed me a little, but by the time they started, I was deep enough into the drone of the song to accept and forgive them.

They’re playing Sydney and Melbourne in the next fortnight or so – check their MySpace for details.

www.myspace.com/erasersonpencils

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Young Heretics – ‘Risk/Loss’ (mp3)

Here is the new Young Heretics clip (aka. Matthew Wright – ex. Getaway Plan dude + step sibling Kitty Hart) for their single ‘Risk/Loss’, directed by James Lawler and produced by Nick Grimsdale of Doomsday Films.

The video clip trails out like a three dimensional Sailor Moon episode. You’ve got the emotive piano balladry, the megaphone banter, schoolgirl outfits, cutesy coloured props and even a mysterious man suited up in a top hat and frills wielding a thoughtful piece of horticulture (chicks dig that shit).

A little narrative of melodramatic expressions, crazy purple poison fruit that leaves you frothing at the mouth and enough wardrobe frills to give the host of Iron Chef a good run for his money. It also contains the sort of innuendo that calls for tortured teenage vampires to fly over the hill and emote all over you.

There’s an obvious mass market to whom this clip will resonate with, who’ll probably be too busy releasing their sexual frustration into their Stephanie Meyer novellas, reading JD Salinger on park benches (see 0:05 mark) or gelling their fringe like Hailey Williams.

Three minutes and fifty eight seconds of climatic suspense and thespian performances has me summoning a pack of xanax and a good lie down.

Some nice cinematic colours and heartfelt vocals here. But unfortunately, I just can’t bring myself to jump on this bandwagon yet.

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Wons Phreely – ‘The World Has a Bank Account’ (mp3)

Perth singer-songwriter Justin Wonsley Snowball aka Wons Phreely seems to have fledged off the radar since the release of his glorious debut The Rules of Nature EP two years ago. He’s back with his first track since signing to Ivy League, ‘The World Has a Bank Account’ which was written and recorded on his globe trotting adventures across Manchester, London, Berlin & New York.

“I was doing a lot of new things and getting right into some classic and current hip-hop and the way those artists observe and react to life around them” he says.

The track was inspired by a girl Wons Phreely met a Patrick Wolf concert.

“(She) proceeded to tell me about her life and took me on a journey that lasted a lot longer than it should have really,” he explains. “It’s about how she told me her plan to settle down with a rich guy so that she could use his money to basically save the world”.

A cleverly crafted track backed up by fun beats, prime melodic fare and witty lyrical banter, ‘The World Has a Bank Account’ is an great demonstration of Won’s buoyant approach to pop.

Channelling casual geek swagger and a mouthful of wit, this is the type of guy I’d take home to meet my mum.

www.myspace.com/wonsphreely

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