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New EP from The Sailplanes
01 year ago
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It was a couple of years ago that I first encountered The Sailplanes. A London band by way of Berlin, they made the kind of noisy, scrappy rock that was so good I even branded them as one of our Great British Hopes. Since then, the band have returned to London, and have decided to take a more refined approach to their style. As the band themselves put it, they have been focusing on “toning down the abrasive sounds, and concentrating more on playing our fucking instruments”. It seems to have paid off though. The songs on this new EP certainly seem to be more clearly constructed, with a number of little flourishes and details pushing out from the noise. Not that the band have been entirely gentrified. The Sailplanes are still a little rough around the edges, and all the better for it.
MP3 The Sailplanes – Photograph the Past
The Mild Peril EP will be released on September 1 as a free download available directly from the band. Physical copies will also be available in exchange for a little bit of money.
Great British Hopes: The Sailplanes
02 years ago
Every now and again I’ll run across something that I instantly love. Coming up with new content for here on a daily basis means that I post a lot of stuff that I like, but don’t have that immediate connection with. The ones that do tend to be the bands that end up being part of our Great British Hopes series. Assuming that they are British of course.
The Sailplanes are currently based in Berlin, but luckily for me they formed in London. They make a kind of noisy, messy pop that is difficult to categorise. My first thought was to label them as “Life Without Buildings on ritalin”, but that sounded more insulting than it should. The song structures certainly resemble LWB though, stop/starting and jumping all over the place. Then some of their songs started sounding like “the best thing Nosferatu D2 never recorded”, which is fitting as they seem to have both come from the same scene.
Reading back I can see that I haven’t managed to articulate my excitement for this band at all. They really are the best thing I have encountered in a long time though. Choosing just one song to post was a hard enough battle in itself. Just download Tilted and listen for yourself. Then go to their site and download all the rest.
