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Tuesday, June 2

Poppiness


This isn't really part of the "brief" here either but this new single makes me so damn happy I could skip, and Lord knows I've needed things to make me smile lately. Poppy and The Jezebels aren't some manufactured pretty pop puppets but a proper band who sound like an indie Bananarama produced by Joe Meek. It's enough to restore your faith in pop music.

Download: Rhubarb and Custard - Poppy and The Jezebels (mp3)

If you're thinking "Christ, I must be getting old because they look young enough to still be at school" — you're not because they are. All four of them go to a Comprehensive in Birmingham but they've already released several singles and a mini-album. Kids today, eh?

As a bonus here's a rather lovely acoustic version of the same song.

6 Comments:

At 3:55 PM, Blogger pulltobits said...

Great band, not heard this song tho.
Are they still at school? that was being said a few years ago, prob all in sixth form or college by now!
Definitely get their Mini Album, it's a good un.

 
At 4:05 PM, Blogger dickvandyke said...

How do you keep your musical ear so close to the ground Lee?

Like your Meekly Bananarama description. A bit Strawberry Switchblade too perhaps. Great band name. (Poppy is presumably a good girl).

Bit fashionably cockerney rather than, ahem, welcome nasal Brummy tones. I suppose The Pipettes are old hat now?

 
At 5:41 PM, Blogger londonlee said...

I have the album, love it. Thought this track is much more professional sounding.

I thought The Pipettes split up, I'm sure their lead singer went solo or something. Shame, that album got a lot of play round my way.

 
At 11:48 PM, Blogger DeadlyTango said...

Pipettes are still together as a concept -- just with two new girls last time I checked. Gwenno (the "lead" singer) is the only holdover from the trio that recorded the album, though she wasn't an original member either.

 
At 11:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please continue to circumnavigate the brief. This is great !

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At 5:36 PM, Blogger JC said...

like dvd, I hear a fair bit of t'Switchblade. Luvverly...

 

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