Feeling down? Need a little music to provide a helping hand? This blog aims to become a signpost to new music. New albums for you and me. Not new in the sense that they were just released (although that might be the case) but new because you have never heard of it before. If you have, I apologize. I will never post albums from the same genre twice in a row, variety is the spice of life people! So sit back, relax, and enjoy wonderful music made by artists that deserve our attention.
"Zonoscope" starts out strong and immediately you feel compelled to dance. Cut Copy is an Australian band consisting of Dan Whitford (vocals), Tim Hoey (guitar), Ben Browning (bass), and Mitchell Scott (drums). Dan's vocals are reminiscent of the 80s when disco reigned as king. They fit in nicely with a more modern approach to electronic music rather than pursuing a formulaic approach to disco music. The first song, "Need You Now" continues to build on a memorable hook ("I know we're going crazy / But i need you now /I know we're running baby / But i need you now") while progressing with the rest of the composition to reach a really fun climax that gets people moving. It's a really fun, memorable song that I could see being used behind montages in the future. "Take Me Over" is the next song on the album and it's catchy bass-line supports the integrity of the rest of the song. Once again I feel nostalgic for the 80s and I wasn't even alive back then! Powerful stuff this "Zonoscope" is...
"Strange Nostalgia for the Future" is a creative song that immerses you into a world full of vinyl clicks, a synth so bright you need to cover your eyes, and a reverberant piano that brings you back to the "nostalgia" of the future. Interesting. "This is All We've Got" takes us out of the previous song and focuses the album back to the dance fever that it began as. In my opinion, the first two songs of the album are the best ("Need You Now" and "Take me Over") because lyrically they are memorable while I can't say the same for the other songs. Other than that, great album overall. Listen to this when you're doing the dishes or some other menial task and dance like the 80s never ended! You can purchase the album here.
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