TRACKS OF THE WEEK - 12/01/14 - Jungle, U2, Echoman, Talisman, Ed Sheeran,
Echoman Ed Sheeran Jungle Talisman Tracks of the Week U2Five tracks that thawed the Arctic Vortex this week...
Old Pa's Corner:-
Talisman - Greetings and Salutations (2013)Talisman are a Roots Reggae band from the Reggae Haven that is Bristol. They reformed in 2011and have just released their third album and it is their first new material since 1990 would you believe.
This is great stuff and the band are as water tight as a beavers scrotem with a great prominent bass shinning through. Greetings and Salutations is the lead track from their album I-Surrection (2013) and for good measure I have thrown in the Dub version too.
Utterley delicious! Utterley scrumsios!. Go on treat yourselves.
Is it me or is that great bass riff a little bit too close to Seven Nation Army....it is still bloody brilliant! Never mind the White Stripes....would anybody like to join me in a case of Red Stripe, chilled to perfection !! my treat!.
Flycasual:-
Jungle - 'Drops' (2013)
I could have picked any of the four tracks on Jungle's debut release, The Heat EP (buy it on Bandcamp here), it's saucy interstellar Electro Soul at it's very finest. So I went for the eerie groove of 'Drops', as it was the first song I heard from the West London duo and has, hands down, the best use of a creaking door in music, ever. I haven't felt this excited about an artist (apart from Young Fathers who are a bit similar) for awhile and I'm so looking forward to hearing more. Jungle were also nominated for the BBC sound of 2014, big ting awaits!
Chess club records
Sfw:-
Ed Sheeran - I See Fire (2013)
Shell Hunter:-
U2 - 'Ordinary Love' (2013)
Just when you think U2 have had their day, they come back with this absolute treasure. It was written to honour Nelson Mandela for the recent biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom and it was seeing early cuts of this film that inspired them to write it. It could be rightfully set to win a Golden Globe for Best Original Song this year and shows that these guys have still got what it takes to create a classic, with the production help of good old Danger Mouse. That'll teach me to write a band off!Echoman - 'Zero Gravity' (2013)
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