Found – This Mess We Keep Reshaping
I’ve been listening and listening to this and I still have no idea what I think about it. One thing is for sure, I love listening to it, but for some reason I doubt whether or not I love it as an album.
The Fence Collective, for ’tis they yes indeed, describe it as Bleep Hop and I’m not entirely sure I can manage any better. The Fence Collective are operating in another universe from the days of King Creosote handing his home made CD-Rs over the counter in his St. Andrews record shop. Found are a proper signing for a proper label, and the whole enterprise looks pretty fucking sharp these days.
It’s lurching, spunky, sprightly indie pop that jumps about all over the place like a hyperactive teenager. It somehow manages to combine classically Scottish lyrics – ie. deplorably miserable, but just a bit too witty to be self-indulgent – with music that spans an odd divide. On one hand it touches King Creosote’s introspective indie folk with more than a little bit of eccentric electronic noodling. On the other it launches into a sort of hyperactive spazz-pop that bounces all over the shop, and often in the middle of a song you thought was doing the sensitive thing.
If you can make more sense of this then good luck. Honestly, it’s barely been off my stereo since I bought it, but not because I love it, more because I’m fascinated by it. The love may well come later though, because every time I listen to the bloody thing I like it more and more. Records like this are why we need independent record labels.
Found – You’re Really Quite the Catch
Found – Some Fracas of a Sissy
You love it. You just don’t realise it yet
Top live performance too. All of the above only more so!
ooohhhh, this is ace, i would av included this in my 56 cities thing for Scotland if i’d known about em. Great stuff, thanxs
Ross, mate, they’re excellent. Don’t let my confusion unsettle you – they’re between good and brilliant, not between decent and okay. Really, a quality quality band.
Mr. T.,
Good call. In my opinion they’re not brilliant, but they’re better than great.
Incidentaly, have you wrapped your sound sponge around the following “will be massive in ‘08″ sorts?
Annuals, Bear Country, & Fire on Fire.
I’ve held off on each for about 6 months to allow the blogosphere to cool down & cease getting all giddy in their knickers about them.
I’m not 100% about Annuals (FAR too much unrequired widdly percussion & “look at us, we can rock” wig outs + the home recorded computer-gen production quality is a bit muggy so loses a lot of marks); LOVE Bear Country (just lovely stuff); undecided about Fire on Fire (there are so many clatter-folk jamboree troupes about I’m not sure I can be arsed with one more).
DC
To be honest, Annuals haven’t grabbed me at all and I haven’t heard of the other two. I shall investigate, I certainly shall.
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Mr. T,
I have come back to this record & have to say I love it. I was drowned in the production for a while, but have adjusted my ears &, by crikey, it’s a corker.
Cheers for the heads up.
DC
I would agree with you DC. Definitely a grower and I am loving it now.
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