overlap

I like trains - another one for the rubbish band names pile, though it does allow for the hilarious schtick of all wearing smart jackets with the classic British Rail logo on. They sound better than the name does, and this is one of the places where being unable to relate to new music without comparing against a vast list of references comes in handy. Radiohead trying for the epic grandeur of The Blue Nile at their finest, and coming a lot closer than might have been expected. Not bad at all. Lyca Sleep - it's an even worse name, and they sound surprisingly mellow, primarily due to the guy's plaintive voice, but what I imagine is intended to sound like an arty collage of haunting soundscapes comes across more like a bunch seven year olds with lead gloves let loose in the music room. This is reaping the down side of the post-Radiohead world, and makes you wonder if they couldn't have rested on that day too. No thanks. Pure Reason Revolution - in concept they're not really my sort of thing, but I enjoyed listening to them in session on Radcliffe's radio show. They're only prog in the same way the Super Furries are, that they start making a racket they like and finish when they've had enough whether that takes two minutes or twenty two. One set of female vocals and the occasional use of fiddle and keyboards means they sound perhaps more like Gorky's than SFA, but either way there's refreshing lack of well anything much beyond playing the music. They may reap some of the backlash that's coming the way of the Magic Numbers any day soon on a looking a bit of a state is still a concerted stylised image basis. The album's out soon, and when it comes up at a decent price, I'm having one.

Labels: gigs, Pure Reason Revolution, rock