Great British Hopes: Projekt A-ko
Two Great British Hopes in a row. Both from Glasgow. Both really bloody good.
Every now and then a band I’ve never heard of previously will come out of nowhere that I immediately fall in love with. Usually these bands tend to be ones that play on my nostalgia for the US indie scene of the 90s. Projekt A-ko is no exception to this, drawing from the Pavement, Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jnr playbook.
Marching in as if it’s still 1993, the band instantly assault the ears with lots and lots of noise. The guitar is all over the place and what harmonies there are tend to be drenched in distortion. And what distortion it is. Never really letting up for the whole four minutes, it could so easily be a horrible sounding mess. Instead, it turns out to be something wonderful.
Yoyodyne will be released on April 20 via themselves and is available to pre-order now via their Myspace page.
I’m diggin Projekt A-ko BIG time at the moment – lots and lots of props & donds for the post.