One Beat - Best of 2013 Playlist

I now spend so much time speaking to other (much more capable) writers about new music, that I'm left with pretty much no time to actually keep up with my own writing. It's a small price to pay though, as this little playlist will show.

So here is a selection of a few of my favourite tracks that I've worked on from the past year. (Note: I've picked solely from my freelance roster rather than including the [PIAS] Cooperative stuff too, simply because otherwise it would go on for HOURS and HOURS. Expect that little round-up to appear online soon.) It was also strange to realise that I'd already written about so many of the bands long before I got the chance to work with them. Seems being a massive fangirl does pay off sometimes, who'd have thought?!

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Slowcoaches - 54

I couldn't make the Power Lunches gig last night, but the dudes at Tye Die Tapes have just shared the new Slowcoaches video for their track '54'. It's all beer drinking, skateboarding and good times, so I guess I can pretend I was there after all.




The 'We're So Heavy' tape I wrote about a few weeks ago is now totally sold out, but there will be another run in the summer. They have also been confirmed for the last EVER Sex Is Disgusting show in Brighton in June. I will post some links when I can find the event on the crap new Facebook! For now just give it a Google. Edit: here it is.

https://www.facebook.com/slowcoachessux

Slowcoaches - We're So Heavy

There's been a whole heap of of love going around for this Leeds band over the past couple of days, and it's not so tough to see why - Slowcoaches' new cassette release 'We're So Heavy' packs a punch to the gut and spins in giddy circles until yr not sure whether to puke or pogo.

While their past songs were a little more unfinished and blurry around the edges with more male-led vocals, their newest offerings are focussed and fearless, reminiscent of all the joys of true lo-fi punk before it got all hyped up and weird and everyone sloped off to find love with synthesizers and sequencers in an attempt to get as much distance as possible. Well straight-up guitar/bass/drums set-ups can be fucking awesome, and this kind of racket is exactly why it will be forever valued.

'We're So Heavy' can be preordered now from Tie Dye Tapes for only £3 (inc. an immediate download link). At this rate it'll disappear into the ether before you know it, so act fast to make sure you get yours. You can also stream the whole release now on Bandcamp.