Electric High – Colorful White Lies
Genre: Hard Rock, Indie Rock
What constitutes dance music nowadays anyhow? There’s no reason why dance routines ought to be involved. There’s no reason why band members dressed in uniform should be the only ones getting in on the job.
Frankly, dance music is the best bet that an artist has for making a dent in the charts. No, this doesn’t need to be Rick James in concert. The music needs to at least hint at dance music. Whatever else is added to the mix is simply the dressing.
Norway’s Electric High make danceable blues-rock on their single Colorful White Lies. It’s a clever sound that looks to shatter what one might expect from rock’s rule book. This is also a strategy that has worked for other garage-dance bands in the recent past. But, besides all of this, it’s a sound that works well and that most people enjoy. Electric High know just where they’re going with this.
Suzi Moon – Gold Record Autograph
Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, Power Pop
Similar artists: Go-Go’s, The Clash, Joan Jett, Elvis Costello
There are enough stories, great looks, and marvellous sounds in rock’s fabled history to ensure that interest in it will never die down entirely.
Take the punk and power-pop bands for example. The best groups dedicated their lives to creating the perfect amalgamation of energy and pleasing melodies. They also looked great on a poster. Frankly, there’s little one can improve on the formula.
Suzi Moon have found themselves in love with those characters. On Gold Record Autograph they quote from the good book of power-pop as if scoring a soundtrack to A hard day’s night made in the future. Suzi Moon sound and look like all the promises of guitar rock that have come good.
