Welcome one and all......if anyone is actually reading this??


What was once a blog filled with filth and innuendo is now a place of some use (I hope).
It will probably start off as an aimless ramble, but I'm sure a stucture and a purpose will come to me soon.

From now on I'll be writing about something that I didn't realise was so important to me: Music. It wasn't untill four months ago and a chance meeting with a fine fellow, in a dodgy Birmingham night club that I understood what it meant to me and how much I enjoyed talking about it.

I'll mostly be reviewing stuff new and old (albums, singles, videos and gigs etc) and pretty much wittering on about how much I love Morrissey! :D

The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done.

First off I'll start with this fine album here. The Spinto Band's "Nice and Nicely Done". There is a bit of a fond memory attatched to this album, but I'll keep that stored in my noggin's filing cabinet, if you don't mind?

This has been pretty much my staple listen for the past two weeks and I'm yet to get sick of it. It would be hard for me to talk about this album and not mention the similarities in sound to Pavement, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and The Wannadies, so I will mention it. Not so off-kliter as Pavement, the vocals are very similar to those of Alec Ounsworth (in a recent NME review of their (CYHSY's) new sinlge, his singing was described as sounding like "a man whose girlfriend has just been raped by dogs ...ahaha) and the songs have the touching summer-breezed sentiment that The Wannadies are very good at. I really rate a band who are able compose really strong melodies without being too obvious.

I suppose the sound fits in somewhere between catchy pop and indie (tho "indie" is fast becoming the vaguest genre!) It's really hard to get the songs out of your noggin, once they are firmly set, but as I say this only makes me want to listen to the album all the more. This is definately one band I'll be making the effort to watch at Reading.

Nice and Nicely Done, is indeed, just that and I have no quarms about giving it a grand old 5/5!