Sorry it's been so long. I've thought about the neglect I've been showing this blog but kept thinking I hadn't really heard anything so there was nothing to write about. Thought about it again yesterday and realised I've been wrong -- I've heard quite a lot that I've never blogged on, and all quite recently -- Skepta, SBTRKT, the new Depeche Mode, the new Tribe Called Quest, and more besides. So plenty of stuff to cover. I've also started to mess around a bit with making music myself. I won't bore you with the details, but it's meant that I've been listening much more deeply to the music I hear now, which has been really good; it's been a while since I enjoyed music so much in that way. I'll take it slowly though. I'll start here with Roisin Murphy, as I have some time at the moment.
I first came across Ms Murphy back when she was in Moloko. I heard "Sing It Back" while visiting the UK one summer and loved it. But that and "The Time is Now" were all I really heard by them. I'm in the US and Moloko weren't terribly big over here; I wasn't able to follow them or Roisin at all as she never came on my radar.
(Just heard that for the first time in years -- Wow. The lyrics are great!)
Then, years later, "Hairless Toys" came out and I made a Petridis-review based decision, one I've not regretted. It's a lovely album, full of electronic music that's weird enough to be interesting but still very funky and danceable. In fact I really should get it out and listen to it some more.
That was in 2015; then Roisin came back up on my radar again at the end of last year, I forget why now. I started looking her and her back catalogue up and bought "Overpowered" due to more good reviews. There are some great tracks on there, and reading more about Roisin had me regretting that I wasn't following her all along. Luckily she's still around and still doing great work so hopefully I'll get to see her live soon. A stand out track from "Overpowered" is "Primitive", which I'll post below. I love the sounds, the skittery beats, and Roisin's singing.
That's it for now. The plan is for more soon. But you know what they say about plans.
I first came across Ms Murphy back when she was in Moloko. I heard "Sing It Back" while visiting the UK one summer and loved it. But that and "The Time is Now" were all I really heard by them. I'm in the US and Moloko weren't terribly big over here; I wasn't able to follow them or Roisin at all as she never came on my radar.
(Just heard that for the first time in years -- Wow. The lyrics are great!)
Then, years later, "Hairless Toys" came out and I made a Petridis-review based decision, one I've not regretted. It's a lovely album, full of electronic music that's weird enough to be interesting but still very funky and danceable. In fact I really should get it out and listen to it some more.
That was in 2015; then Roisin came back up on my radar again at the end of last year, I forget why now. I started looking her and her back catalogue up and bought "Overpowered" due to more good reviews. There are some great tracks on there, and reading more about Roisin had me regretting that I wasn't following her all along. Luckily she's still around and still doing great work so hopefully I'll get to see her live soon. A stand out track from "Overpowered" is "Primitive", which I'll post below. I love the sounds, the skittery beats, and Roisin's singing.
That's it for now. The plan is for more soon. But you know what they say about plans.
