Not whinging today.
Maybe a little.
But not too much.
Whenever there is too much of something it puts me off investigating acts of that genre, which is wrong. I am fighting it. I've had a gutfull of bad emo. Both signed and unsigned. Therefore, I'm having trouble listening to new stuff as most of it is a bit crap. I also met my first 'straight-edge' person recenty. Complete with 'X' tattooed on the back of their hand. I've been told that comes from underage gigs in the states where an X is drawn on the back of their hand to stop them buying booze. Sounds....special.
Anyhow, this has led me to listen to more quirky things, dance music, jazz, reggae, and a fair bit of wierdness from the dark corners of Europe.
Something I came accross recenty that falls into that category is The Chap. I really really like the track Oozing Emotion. It's fantastic. Can hear various influences in there, but they've been around for a while, so I'm thinking they may have influenced the acts I'm thinking so I'll keep schtum for the sake of sounding dumb (well, more than usual). There are moments of real genius on the album, swiftly followed by 'what the hell were you thinking?!?!?' moments. I don't know whether this was done deliberately or if it is genuinely hit and miss. What is apparent is the complete lack of market driven production/writing. I think it's completely by artist preference which is something I really like. I could detail a long email to them saying do this with that track and that with the other. But I'm not sure they would be interested. I'm going to go to a gig and say hello anyway as I think it would be a really enjoyable gig anyhow and if this works live it's probably amazing. Please have a listen to the Oozing Emotion track. It's special. :-)
Hope all is well with you
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