I love this new tune from British combo Desperate Journalist. It’s a postmodern pop tune with a slight Smiths feel, as if Morrissey and Marr were both in the delivery room when “Control” came aborning.
This band consists of two girls and two boys who have bonded in the abandoned wilds of North London. Jo Bevan (vocals), Simon Drowner (bass), Rob Hardy (guitar) and Caz Hellbent (drums) – have been hauled together by a fearsome instinct for turning 20th century Rickenbacher twelve string sounds into 21st century music of distinction.
In the last two years, Desperate Journalist have released one EP and two heroically independent singles, displaying a bold musical vigour and an admirably chaotic sense of coherence at every step and half-step along the way.
They have just released an heroically independent eponymous debut full-length, which was recorded almost entirely live in Soho’s Dean Street Studios and mixed by the band itself. “We have in a way a gothic sensibility when it comes to writing songs in that we try to be as evocative and exciting as possible,” says singer Jo Bevan. “But we’re more in tune with the directness of the punk / indie side of it all (Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure), rather than the full on velvet and lace.”
http://www.desperatejournalist.co.uk/
