To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Soft Cell, Marc Almond and Dave Ball will be joining forces once again to play one final show, A Wild Celebration! The show will take place at the O2 Arena and tickets go on sale on Friday. All links will be published ahead of time on the front and Live pages so keep an eye out and join Soft Cell for One Last Time, A Wild Celebration. More after the jump...
U.S. Girls have released their seventh studio album this year. The album is titled 'In a Poem Unlimited' and has been released on 4AD on February 16th. "Rosebud" is the fourth single to be taken from the album and the video for it was directed by Alex Kingsmill and Edited by Meg Remy. Soon more about the album!
Back
in 2008 MGMT was quite a discovery for us, in particular for the single
"Time to Pretend" which was magnificent both in terms of visuals and
sound. Their debut album 'Orracular Spectacular' was among the top 5 Album
releases of the year and it turned out to be the ultimate summer soundtrack
spawning a whole line up of hits including "Electric Feel" and
"Kids". It was a spectacular blend of indie neo-psychedelia with the
absolute highlight being back then seeing them live at the Sziget festival in
Budapest.
Ten
years have passed now since the release of their debut and in the meanwhile the
band released two more albums which sadly did not live up to the standard of
their debut. In late 2017 MGMT surprised the world with the release of their
single "Little Dark Age" which saw them entering dark waters and
adopting 80's visual and rhythms. The Album which takes the same title as the
first single was officially released on February 8th and after few plays it is
clear that the album features a whole variety of sounds and influences.
"Little Dark Age" for example leads the dark 80's synthpop inspired
section which is also evident on "One Thing Left to Try" and "Me
and Michael". On the other hand there is also a strong influence by the LA
music scene and in particular Ariel Pink which gives MGMT's indie
neo-psychedelia new face by mixing the new sound with hypnagogic pop. The album
unfolds a whole variety of sounds and moods from dreamy to rhythmic upbeat
tunes all reflected by layered and well imagined concept with twists of liquid
elements and quirky 80's midi patches.
So
far, four songs have been released from the album and it seems that this will
be an album of hits but also as a concept and a whole package. It echoes a good
focus, energy and maturity in sound and definitely brings MGMT back in the
spotlight by giving 'Orracular Spectacular' a huge challenge. 'Little Dark Age'
certainly is the big opener for 2018 and I am sure it will have an impact on
the days to come.
“Under Glass” was released by The Legendary Pink Dots as single in 1988 on Play it again Sam Records and featured two other tracks. This song used to mix neo-psychedelia, elements of goth with vivid and dark Synth-pop. During the same year they also released their album Any Day Now.
In 2001, when this album was reissued, beside the standard track listing, it featured all three tracks previously only released on single format.
