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Hear the new Architecture in Helsinki track NOW!!! It’s good!!! Or really bad?!! Who knows!?
Cameron Bird trying to sound like Prince and failing miserably; check. Laughably weak guitar solo in the middle; check. Clunkiest key change in the history of all recorded music; check. Oh, and don’t forget the naff autotune bits.
If Architecture in Helsinki’s new song Contact High sounds awful, that’s because it probably is. But you know what? Despite being wrong in almost every way there’s something pretty charming about the band’s continued attempts to write dance floor bangers, and never quite getting there. Obviously after two or three more listens the bits of the song I’m currently finding hilarious (they are many in number) will just start to sound bad. For now, though, the sheer audacity of the band releasing such a ridiculous track as the first taste of their new album is enough to keep me happy. And oh boy, that key change … wow.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 24th December
I said at the start of this calendar that I didn’t want to repost any of the songs from last year’s Christmas countdown, and I very nearly made it. Today, though, I will admit my failure. I could have posted something new here (that shit Hurts song, for example, or Coldplay’s festive turd of a track), but I wanted to end on a high. As regular visitors to AGCS may have realised, I’ve got a lot of time for Hot Club De Paris, and their Christmas song Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year stands alongside their best work. It’s awesome, and a great way to end our audio advent. Have a good one, we’ll be back soon.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 23rd December
Last year I posted Sparky Deathcap’s brilliant interpretation of The Holly And The Ivy in the Christmas Calendar, back when he had just joined Los Campesinos! as a touring member. Now he’s a fully paid up Campesino and the track has received a full band makeover as part of the group’s “Heat Rash“ endeavour. It’s slightly disconcerting hearing an LC! song without Gareth’s lead vocals but once you get over that you can just revel in it’s sheer awesomeness.
This track was an introductory gift to “Heat Rash“ subscribers, and while I don’t want to deny you the present of such a great Christmas song, in an attempt to not completely devalue the whole enterprise downloads of the song are disabled. You can sign up to LC!’s awesome “Heat Rash” project here.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 22nd December
I’m just about to go out and get merry so I’ll keep this short. It’s Christmas Time is by Yo La Tengo and it is good.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 21st December
The Futureheads have released a christmas song called Christmas Was Better In The 80’s, and it’s predictably awesome, featuring deranged harmonies, sleigh bells and one of the band’s catchiest choruses in years. Check it.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 20th December
Last year AGCS writer Greg released a Christmas album under his Greg The Hero moniker, and this year he’s done it again with “Disbelief”, which you can listen to/download here. There’s lots of good stuff on it, but the stand out for me is Joy To Find, with it’s Frusciante-esque guitar noodling and melancholy lyrics about the true meaning of Christmas. It’s class.
Jed. x
AGCS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR: 19th December
I love Eels, but even their most ardent fan would have found it difficult to listen through lead singer E’s break-up trilogy, the three successively worse records he released over the past two years. Hopefully the new year will bring another GOOD Eels album, but until then let’s revel in the sublime Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas. Any song which contains the line “Baby Jesus: Born to rock” is a winner in my book.
Jed. x
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