TRACKS OF THE WEEK 16/03/2014 - Timber Timbre, War On Drugs, London Grammar, Hard-Fi

TRACKS OF THE WEEK 16/03/2014 - Timber Timbre, War On Drugs, London Grammar, Hard-Fi

Hard-Fi London Grammar Timber Timbre Tracks of the Week War on Drugs

Four tracks to mark the arrival of Flycasual's new baby boy....

London Scouser:-

Hard-Fi - 'Move Over' (2014)

I saw recently that Hard Fi had released a greatest hits compilation so I immediately downloaded the album on Spotify. I was a 'Massive' fan from the moment I first heard 'Cash Machine' and the fact that they come from Staines (where I used to work for a few years) helps !! Whilst listening to all the songs that I knew, this song started and I thought initially it was a Fun Loving' Criminals track. I felt I was being transported to a smoke filled jazz club somewhere, although maybe not vocally. It's a very different style to what I'm used to from them but its definitely a grower.

Sfw:-
Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams (2014)


Here is something inappropriate for flycasual to listen to whilst feeding the baby.  When I first heard it I thought it was by Richard Hawley however it is by Timber Timbre, a Canadian folk rock band, whose sole core member is singer-songwriter Taylor Kirk. With its warm organ, slow tempo an gorgeous Saxophone solo (by Arcade Fire associate Colin Stetson).  (Note: the video is set in a strip club and is very NSFW).

Shell Hunter:-

London Grammar - 'Hey Now' (2014)

I hate being wrong. In the middle of last year a friend of mine asked me if I'd heard of London Grammar and of course I said no. He told me they were going to be big and I shrugged it off as if I hadn't heard of them then it couldn't be possible. Now after being blown away with 2 of their singles, I feel musical shame. London Grammar are a trio from London that dabble in ambient electronica and trip hop having got together in University. The beautifully haunting vocals (a little bit like Florence Welch) are guaranteed to give you goosebumps. Don't be like I was and check out their EP Metal & Dust, released in Feb last year. Highlights are this track and Strong. They are gonna be big....oops.

Old Pa's Corner:-
War on Drugs - Red Eyes (2014)

 

Here is a brilliant track from American Indie Band War on Drugs it is from their third album Lost in Dream (2014).  Well Kurt Vile is a former member and his solo album was one of my favourites of last year and one of his songs was in my Tune Doctor Top Five of the Year.

This track is already a contender for my TOTY for 2014. This is a top track.

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SATURDAY NIGHT JUKEBOX! - Hard-Fi - 'Living for The Weekend'

SATURDAY NIGHT JUKEBOX! - Hard-Fi - 'Living for The Weekend'

Hard-Fi Saturday Night Jukebox Shell Hunter

Hard-Fi - 'Living For The Weekend' (2005)

Never has a truer phrase existed than "Living for the weekend". Most of my life has been like that, through the monotony of school then getting my first full time Monday to Friday 9-5 in a courier office after finishing college. If only you could bottle that 'Friday feeling'! Hard-Fi had a belter of a first album and for me, this track stands out. I feel the need to sing it at the top of my lungs especially the excellent swearing bit. Sometimes it just needs to be said!

The Staines Massive

Even when I changed to a new cargo job at Heathrow which was 12 hour shifts doing days and nights, although it wasn't Friday I was always looking forward to, it was my days off. Driving home after that last night shift was great, I had a smile on my face. I knew that after I woke up from a few hours kip, the world was at my feet, well okay, Slough. But never the less, the time was mine and I was free from the shackles of deadlines, answering phones and to superiors! Now I'm a bit older and changed to a Flight Operations job, I still get that same smile on my face but it's normally when I'm walking into work on the last shift. I adopt the attitude, "It's my last day, throw what you can at me, bring it on!" The thing is, as luck would have it, it's usually the last shift that every thing goes wrong! 

After walking in and taking a pretty gruesome handover from my colleague the other day, I got a call from Paris asking if we could accept a diversion as Bristol airport was shut due to fog. Only being new to the role, I literally had to wing it. Panic stations! Whilst that was happening, Amsterdam were getting pelted with a snow blizzard so we had a few cancellations. "Hooray!" shout the dispatchers who were allocated those flights, "Oh shit" I cry as I know they will just upgrade the aircraft size and it will come in at last knockings, where I will be fully expected to choose someone to stay (making me the bad guy) and am stuck myself being the supervisor! Despite all these horrible irregularities, in the back of my mind I hear, "The day will come to an end, and no matter what happens, you will be enjoying a nice glass of wine at home before you go to bed, waking up to three glorious days off". It may not be the weekend but the sentiment is the same: Work hard? Play Harder!!

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