Latest random long playing record is a thing called "Oh Scorpio" by a jazz beat combo that style themselves 'The Films". Fucking stupid name for a band, for a myriad reasons, but bear with me here.
Great retro sleeve, great sound! The sort of cynical yet up for it indie pop that gets MotCO playing and playing on the tortured and ill-used iPod. A serious candidate for my Record of the Year*.
Imagine, if you will, a cross between the Arctic Monkeys and the Cars, with a singer that has a twang (when affecting pain) of that fellow out of the Killers. Back when they used to be good.
You can hear some of this fine stuff here.
It's a fucking great record, but 2 things really bug me.
First, in this age of instant information, I can't find jack shit about this lot. Seriously. A wikipedia ferret-around finally gets this. It's all in sodding Greek!
Second: no publicity. No fanfare. Even Amazon seem scarcely to have heard of them. WTF?
Ah, but ranting about the music industry is a fool's game. That is why lowest common denominator wank prevails.
Unless it's something to do with decent bands apparently craving anonymity.
*An awards ceremony in Finchley awaits, with balloons, jelly, and last year's copy of The Supreme Court Practice for the lucky winner
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