Feb 14 2007
Talking through the old tunes at the postmodernist disco..
George Pringle is a vaguely posh sounding girl who talks over repetitive electronic beats. This is the kind of thing that falls right into the “love it or hate it” category. Rationally, I should hate this myself. A few recent digressions aside, I’m not big on the electronic, and the idea of someone just talking on every song doesn’t appeal very much. Somehow though, it works. The songs tend to come across more as poems than musical works, but it doesn’t matter. These are small slices of modern life, whether it be about hangovers, complaining about having a cold (complete with coughing fit in one song) or hating Belle & Sebastian. Now I’d rather be telling you all about ‘I’m Very Scared, Buster’ (listen on Myspace) or ‘I Know Who Mogwai Are, Darling’, both of which are wonderful, but the song below is the only one that’s for download. By no means is it a bad song, it’s certainly a good effort. But it’s not the best.
MP3 George Pringle - Kill Her If You Can, Loverboy (expired)
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You may recall I mentioned the fantastic ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ by Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip a few days, but didn’t include an mp3. While we wait for the single to be released, The Daily Growl has the next best thing: an excellent rendition of the song that they performed live on an XFM session last week. There’s another song there called ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped’ too, which is also rather good.
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Desmond Reed is a young man from Massachusetts who likes to record songs on a 4-track in his bedroom. There’s probably a million people out there doing this, and most won’t be very good. These aren’t the most technically sound songs you’ll ever hear, but they are enjoyable, if only for the wonderful innocence in Desmond’s words. There aren’t many people that could pull off an entire song dedicated to the history of his pet guinea pigs, but this guy manages it. Throw in some summary harmonies, and these turn into nice little songs from someone with a lot of potential. You can hear more of his songs on his Myspace page.
MP3 Desmond Reed - The Babysitter’s Club (expired)
MP3 Desmond Reed - Guinea Pigs (expired)
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I actually like the new Maximo Park single. What’s happening to me? First the Fratellis, and now this? Good Weather For Airstrikes has an mp3.
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Always one to keep on flogging a horse, I have another song from The Indelicates. I don’t think the song is particularly new, but it’s just gone up on their website. I realised after listening that it was one of the songs they played at the Command House show that I liked but didn’t know, which makes it a little cooler for me. It’s another upbeat, driven song that sees Simon Indelicate do his angry young man routine, rallying against those who look back nostalgically at times that really weren’t all that great.
MP3 The Indelicates - Fun Is For The Feeble Minded (expired)
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Not sure about George Pringle (especially as she seemed ridiculously confused when I contacted her about getting a track for my blog many moons ago!) but very good calls on Assembly Now, The Indelicates and Johnny Foreigner…
Confused? That at least implied you got a response. I got nothing when I tried. I seem to change my opinion on her (musically) from one day to the next, so I know it’s one of the more contentious things I’ve put up, but by and large I like what she’s doing.
Thanks for that though. I try my best!
I went down the MySpace message route in September but she misunderstood my request for mp3s….she was nice about it at least!
Anyways, thanks for the linkage!
Wow - she’s fantastic, in a rather peculiar way. Could I listen to an entire album of such oddness, maybe not, but it’s strangely fascinating.
I think you’ve nicely summed up my thoughts on her there Matthew. It’s all very odd, yet strangely compelling. Try her other songs on Myspace - they all manage to sound different yet have the same kind of feel, so I think an album could possibly be interesting.