It’s 25 years since The Smiths split. 25 fucking years? That’s a quarter of a Century.
Yet the look of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke is still very much relevant and their sound, well, will it ever tire?
At a time when alternative music, and an alternative look, was frowned upon by the mass market, The Smiths stuck two fingers up at it.
They embraced the variation and made it cool.
25 years on their look is the look. 25 years on their sound is still the sound.
Visit this site, watch them in their hay-day. Embrace it and continue to live it.
For there are brighter sides to life and I should know, because I've seen them but not very often.
After
numerous Tweets about these guys I thought it about time I plugged the I-Pod
into I-Tunes and buy Mutineers album, Friends, Lovers, Rivals.
Please note
I promote legal music downloads and at £5.99, I mean come on, that barely gets
you a Budvar these days.
As a whole
this album, especially for a debut album, is a very good listen. It's nice,
easy on the ear and will reach out to a wide audience. Their Twitter
interaction with the many thousand who follow them reiterates this nice aura I
foresee of them.
I think this
nice and genuine stance I get from these guys reflects in their sound as
musicians. They want to reach out to people, bring them in on a Mutineer's
floating cloud of sound, sending their shadow kisses around the world to enjoy.
Fuck that was bad ey?
The album
then. It's good, relaxing and very enjoyable. I tried comparing them. The Courteeners came to mind, even hints of REM and dare I say it, Morrissey at times.
That's
bollocks though, came my technical conclusion.
These are
Mutineers, the nice guys of rock and roll with very nice tunes. Forget your
skinny jeans and big hair, these lads are unique.
The subtle
range this album consists of ensures you don't skip any. From the cool
Landlords Daughter to the beautiful Shadow Kisses, Friends, Lovers, Rivals has
a fresh sound, one that caters for everyone.
Their sound
isn't generic, their attitude isn't too. Listen out for them, their coming.
Well I’ve been Tweeting a lot, I hope you’ve noticed and
followed me because at the minute, I’ll be honest, I’m struggling. 19 and
counting for @powerismusic
The weekend is almost over and I’ve spent it chilling mostly
and playing some sounds. I’m going to have to start reviewing some albums soon
but for now I’ll waffle and mention a few names I’ve stumbled across.
Friday night was spent listening to some classics. The
Smiths, The Verve, Oasis, Stone Roses, even a bit of The
Killers. I love a sing song to ‘All These Things That I have Done’
I mean who doesn’t right?
Saturday and Sunday I’ve been fishing around and listening
to various things. I played some Burning Condors earlier,
four London lads with some massive melodies. This is a band I’ll be listening
to a lot more and will have to review in more depth.
I also played a bit of Mutineers and their
album Friends, Lovers, Rivals will most definitely be up for review soon.
Fabulous sound them lads, fabulous.
My most pleasant surprise of the weekend though came from
the Manchester band Sly Digs. A bit of rock n roll is
what I love but it was the guys acoustic sessions I heard in Liverpool that grabbed
me. Cracking talent and with them recently signed up to Flickniife Records, one
that will be in smack bang in the public eye soon.
I’ll leave you with one of the acoustic set’s I speak of.
Beautiful.
