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Spring is here. So why is it
raining? I don't know.
Have you ever tried to describe in words something as abstract as sound? It's
really hard. Music reviews tend to fall into two categories: first, excitable
exclamations about how this band will change your life coupled with equally
excitable comparisons with other bands. Second: earnest descriptions of the
music coupled with equally earnest comparisons with other bands. The first is
the policy of the all-new Jackie-lookalike NME, and the second is the policy of
weirdy-beardy types at The Wire. (Just thought I'd get those stereotypes out of
the way.)
MeandthetwinS are a four-piece from dear old not very sunny quite rainy and cold
Newcastle upon Tyne, and as far as I know this minialbum is a demo. They like
guitars (who doesn't? Oh yeah, Milan Kundera - nobody's perfect I suppose) and
this demo features seven instrumental tracks which are by turn melancholy,
whimsical and - well, kind of rainy.
The likelihood is that you haven't heard MeandthetwinS music before, so I'm
going to give you some clues about how they sound to my sensitive ears. A little
like the Velvets after John Cale left them (think Foggy Notion); a little like
early New Order circa Power, Corruption and Lies (think Leave Me Alone); and a
little like the Durutti Column.
It's just a demo; it's not great, but it's good, and I think MeandthetwinS could
produce something special. Maybe they could get a singer occasionally too!
It's still raining - summer in Newcastle eh? I like it.
-Andrew Russell
/may 15th 2004/