rescuing musical virtue in distress.
I hope that everyone is doing okay out there in these dark, isolated times. Here are some of the sounds that have been making the DAA office a happy place to be this week, I hope you findsomething new and interesting here to brighten your own location. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0UpjSk6CsFBdGybxBOBYqs?si=czKjebM_RfaZ-dtLUbcn7A
Leeds-based trailblazers, I LIKE TRAINS present a searing take on post-truth politics gets a hefty bass-heavy rework by Vessels. The electronic artist re-envisions a more upbeat version of ‘The Truth’, the lead track from the band's hard-hitting ‘KOMPROMAT’, their fourth studio album, released in 2020 via Schubert Music’s recently founded Atlantic Curve label. The band has also announced a string of tour dates,... Continue Reading →
Another great week for underground, grassroots and off the radar music. Here is just the tip of the sonic iceberg. As always check the artists out, explore the back catalogue and buy a track, an album perhaps even a t-shirt and help keep these lovely people making the world a brighter place. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75mFDoHpIZoYZ5V8oZ7xy6?si=PhfdxTNCQhSfEn80x5NuuQ
I Like Trains feel like something that we lost along the musical way. They also feel like something that is more necessary today than at almost any time in recent history. Some of the most interesting musical movements, hip-hop, punk, even rock and roll itself, grew out of disenfranchisement and boredom and such genres embraced... Continue Reading →
Quite a busy week spent capturing music between pen and paper so planty for you to check out. Also please explore the artists a bit more if you have time, perhaps even buy a CD...an artist is for life, not just lockdown...or something. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DebKZkfaH4uQW7aLOFaYC?si=OumpFjPgS52n7jdVp6h09g
I love the way that I Like Trains begin by showing us the musical engine room before they proceed to bury it in some edgy and energetic musical shards. A Steady Hand kicks off with a motornik groove, a relentless, hypnotic beat punctuated by distant and disturbing depth-charge bass booms, the perfect driving force for the sound-bitten... Continue Reading →
There is an interesting arc between 2012s The Shallows and KOMPROMAT, one which moves from discussing the effect of emerging technologies on the individual to the effect those same inventions can have on whole societies. Can you expand on that idea? I Like Trains: It certainly feels as if there’s a strong link between the... Continue Reading →
It must be a good sign when after years of moaning that music doesn’t have much to say any more, increasingly the songs I find under the pen seem to be increasingly aware, increasingly politically switched on and increasingly using a platform to say something important. The Truth, a single helping to pave the way... Continue Reading →