Just Peachy

Peachcake
From: Arizona, United States

I first encountered angsty American indie electro rebels Peachcake way back in 2008 (Cup of Tea and a Slice of...) and promptly forgot all about them. Until now that is because they're back as rebellious as ever with their new ep, This Wasn't Our Plan. It's more of the same electro pop with a sting in the tale.

They have a way with song titles that make Morrissey green with envy. They even try to pre-empt the reviews of the less musically literate journos (or maybe it's taken from a uninformed review of their previous work) with 'Who Are These People And Why Does This Music Suck?'. It doesn't suck by the way, it's 6 minutes of brow beating electro that can shift techtonic plates. However the more accessible, more chart friendly You Matter does suck. It sounds like it was written as the opening number for the Glee cast. It's that cheesy. Thankfully they redeem themselves with Speaking Of Handouts, I Got You Something, a track that is heading straight for the world's dancefloors. It sounds like the missing link between The Human League and New Order.

On their new EP Peachcake sound like two different bands welded together like a cut n shunt. Two bands heading in different directions. One for the indie dancefloor the other for the top of the cheese charts. My advice, for what it's worth, is leave the cheese in the fridge and stick to the indie dancefloor, it might not please the bank manager but you'll retain your musical integrity and self respect.

Go Try

Who Are These People And Why Does This Music Suck? by Peachcake

Speaking Of Handouts, I Got You Something by Peachcake

Go Visit

Peachcake - Myspace : FaceBook : Last.FM

Go View

Peachcake
Stop Acting Like You Know More About The Internet Cafe Than Me

Elbow Room

Dresden
From: Prestwich, North Manchester, United Kingdom

With a name like Dresden from Manchester I was expecting a sound cloned from the DNA of Joy Division. Listening to tracks like Annihilation and Enough Is Never Good Enough, which could have been carved from a template supplied by Elbow, my initial suspicions of glum rock fellow travellers seemed to be confirmed. What I wasn't expecting was the upbeat 'Scars' a song seemingly sculpted from the same clay that The Human League used to create 'Dare'.

Go Try

Scars by Dresden Music

Enough Is Never Good Enough by Dresden Music

Go Visit

Dresden - Website : Soundcloud

Go Visit

Dresden
Annihilation

Crystal Palettes

The Cleft Palettes
From: Who Knows?

I know absolutely nothing about the Cleft Palettes. They don't appear to have a myspace site. Their Facebook site has no information. Their website has nothing other than links to download a few tracks. Their Last.FM site is the most informative and all that says is that The Cleft Palettes are two guys and a blonde girl. That much I could guess from the only picture that I could find of the band.

What I do know is that if ever a band let their music do the talking it's The Cleft Palettes. Necro Step sounds like a cut 'n shunt of The B52's Rock Lobster and The Human League's 'Sound of the Crowd' reimagined by Bloc Party. It's art rock with more fizz than a sherbert fountain. Their other tracks aren't as infused with the same joie de vivre. Ghost Girl sounds like Hadouken! on red bull while Rent-O-Kill is all wiry, edgy, kinetic energy.

At the risk of sounding like the musical equivalent of the Hotel Inspector the Devil's advice to The Cleft Palettes is raise the self promotion levels and use Necro Step as their template. That's the route to world domination, or at least domination of their hometown wherever that may be.

Go Try

MP3 - The Cleft Palettes - Necro Step
MP3 - The Cleft Palettes - Ghost Girl
MP3 - The Cleft Palettes - Rent-O-Kill
These tracks are linked direct from The Cleft Palettes Last.FM site and are therefore already freely available so please refrain from alleging breach of copyright


Go Visit

The Cleft Palettes - Last.FM : Website