7.29.2008
[The Wave Pictures]
"If I made it through Christmas without smoking till your parents went to bed, if you made it through too without sticking your nailseses in my neck..."

Following up right on the heels of a post about a band no more is a London trio that's thankfully, still very much alive. The Wave Pictures have been kicking good and well since 1998, and despite that rather contemporary debut, there's quite a vintage sound in all their makings. Putting their overall sound aside, their actual recordings are just pleasantly fuzzy, a vacuous sound pulling you in with vocals that sounds like they're coming from the receiving end of a Dixie Cup telephone. David Tattersall's vocal handiwork is a defining factor of the trio. There's a string of melancholy to their songs, even if the song isn't. There's just a rundown feel in no doubt attributed to the feeling that all this is being sung by some poor sap. Nonetheless, you take these guys up as the underdog. Particularly keen on Airplanes of Brecia - fancy guitarwork carrying a '60s, swinging, psych vibe leading right up to a chanting mantra of a wail. Give an ear to the Wave Pictures...

Various Songs From The Wave Pictures (all songs are right click - save as):
We Come Alive
The Airplanes At Brescia
I Love You Like A Madman

Loads of information (and downloads!) over at the Wave Pictures site.
Be their friend!

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Otherwheres - Things have gotten busy again on my side of things so I've converted my post schedule from MWF to TTH (temporarily)...
Published at 9:58 AM by Brad aka Penguin.
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