Brakes – I Can’t Stand To Stand Beside You

Brakes are:

Guitar & Vocals: Eamon (British Sea Power)

Guitar: Tom White (Electric Soft Parade)

Drums: Alex White (Electric Soft Parade)

Bass: Marc Beatty (The Tenderfoot)

Indie Shmindy (ok maybe thats a bit evil on British Sea Power) boys sound like they been listening to a bit of the old Neu! and maybe some Magazine too. Comes out sounding like a droney version of oldskool sub-pop and Pixies with all the cut out everything, then bring it all back in song writing style so popular these days.

Tenderfoot are shaping up to be a bit nice anyway, and for me it is the rhythmic stutter of the vocals combined with the skipy kraut drumming that makes this track stand out from your average xfm/barfly fodder.

I love all that mumbling and the almost inaudible vocal melodies in the build ups.

Nice detuned guitar thrash at the end too. Not bad for a side project supergroup, could do with some analogue keyboards though…..

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Do we win top prize in the “comparing tracks to Neu! in a blog” game yet??

Hey at least it’s not on Troubleman for a change!

The a-side of this single is the 23 seconds long Pick up the Phone, which sees da boys do a passable psychobilly jerky Wire impression without the real depth that 80′s matchbox get, but the video is fun.

Brakes – Pick up the Phone

I’m going to go see Brakes at the Freebutt in Brighton on Sunday, see you there?

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