Hello,oliver wrote: ↑06 Jul 2022, 9:34amAll three of those were new groups to me (and I've never seen Scent of a Woman) so that's always a pleasure. The only downside is it stops me from playing 6 degrees of separation between The Clash and the posted artist (but I could always cheat and go to whosampled.com)
I was quite excited by your description of Geese because I do like a spiky post-punk song. I had to stop it half way through though because the guitar line was so reminiscent of something that I can't quite put my finger on. I want to say it's something from Happy Mondays first album (I'm not writing the title out) but that doesn't seem right. It will come to me at some point :) A couple of re-listens and I'm liking this a lot.
DM3 - I get a bit of a disconnect between the music (along with the YT picture) and the vocals - like it should be angrier or perhaps less pop. It was the sort of thing I wouldn't mind hearing on the radio before the radio here became either hate talk or country stations. Nothing that truly compels me to seek out more or pay real money. That's not necessarily a dismissal though because there are songs I truly love that I only ever heard on the radio.
The Bakesys - musically, I like it. Lyrically, it gets too close to novelty for me (which is another 'genre' I kind of like) and I have a hard time when the genres collide. Go figure. I never said it makes sense. If I don't take myself too seriously, this was a decent listen but I'd be nervous buying an album in case it went "a bit much."
Geese - definitely my favourite
DM3 - needs different singer
The Bakesys - bringback badsong radio *
* I *loved* bad song radio. That is not a diss.
Thanks for your thoughts. Much of the Geese album reminds me of early Talking Heads. Your comments about The Bakesys are spot on regarding they can get a bit novelty-ish. This is true of many current ska bands. Regarding DM3, I don't have a problem if they were shooting for bubblegum/glam/pop stuff. I still sing along with the chorus.
