Francie Moon – What Are We Really Even Doing?

I know I go on ad tedium about my love of repetition, hypnosis, trance and all that. And with good reason. I love it. But every now and again, an old-fashioned shit-kicking garage album comes along and makes me go ‘yeah!’ So here is that every now and again, and here is that album.

I love bands like this who are just so completely themselves. Originality doesn’t and actually never does matter. What matters is being utterly true to what you want to do. These sound exactly like they’re doing that.

The Prefab Messiahs – Psychsploitation Today

And all the kings horses and all the kings men
insisted there was nothing wrong
the reports were inaccurate at best
Humpty remains a potent national symbol
and although they did take time to remind us
it was not time to renounce timidity
danger is still at large!
Humpty is still safe but only because of our eternal vigilance
and because our leaders were brave
brave enough to keep secrets
brave enough to keep us indoors

Sort of a gig review – JuJu / Psychic Lemon

This was at The Soundhouse in Leicester, yesterday, 15th Feb 2018CE.

In times past, whenever people have said blokes can’t multi-task, I’ve always responded ‘drummers.’

I’m now going to respond ‘the drummer from Psychic Lemon.’ Not only does dude play a wicked rhythm, he also gets in playing the keyboard whilst drumming!
Band have a monster groove. Me like the jam-band that doesn’t play dirgey music aesthetic. Me will watch again.

Listen to them here (sidebar: Chelmsford is my origin)

JuJu. I do not type this lightly. One of the best sets I’ve ever watched. Again, groove. Mostly it was just unerringly uplifting, positive. They transformed one of my least favourite weeks ever into one of my favourite ever, solely with their performance. If you get a chance to watch, do so.

 

JuJu – self titled

Don’t forget the hinges, you might need them. Oh bugger, I left mine on the mantelpiece

–no, don’t go back, don’t worry about them. I’ve been thinking about giving them up anyway, this is as good a reason as any. I shall remain without hinges for a while

– unhinged, if you will, just to see what it’s like. I shall report back intermittently. Don’t wait up.