Showing posts with label novella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label novella. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 December 2013

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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Monday, 15 October 2012

Novella - Mary's Gun


After taking some time out over the summer to hone their sound, fully incorporate influences and play with new equipment, Novella have returned with one of their best tracks yet - the compelling, and slightly creepy, 'Mary's Gun'.

The song was written about The Shangri-La's lead singer Mary Weiss, who started carrying a gun after her hotel room was broken into and got into hot water with the FBI. The beat gradually quickens over the course of the song, triggering the image of Mary's racing heart and shocked nerves, as the chorus' sinister demand of 'Hold me in your tiny hand' seems to take over. Listen below...



Mary's Gun is release on 7" single via Italian Beach Babes on November 26th.

Saturday, 18 February 2012

Novella - Don't Believe Ayn Rand



'Don't Believe Ayn Rand' is a new track from the Brighton founded and Dalston-based Novella, who I don't really know much about but I saw them play in 2010 and they were great; a fuzz of feedback, faces hidden in curtains of dark hair and soft, Deal sisters vocals to sweeten the pill.

I've managed to successfully come late to every show they've played since so haven't seen them live for a while, but I remember looping 'Oh Brian' last spring, and as this latest track goes to show, they haven't swerved too far from their eerie-psych-meets-The-Breeders beginnings.

Produced by Rory Attwell, their debut EP is now up for pre-order on Italian Beach Babes and is due out next month.

Download the track from Soundcloud: