KALTBLUT-HONK! 03 The Divas

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Interpret: Young Galaxy
Album: Shapeshifting
Genres: Indie rock, Dream pop
Label: Paper Bag Records, Smalltown Supersound
Origin: Canada
Released: April 2011
Line-up: Stephen Ramsay, Catherine McCandless,
Stephen Kamp
Interpret: Metronomy
Album: The English Riviera
Genres: Electropop, Indie
Label: Because Music
Origin: England
Released: April 2011
Line-up: Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, Anna Prior,
Gbenga Adelekan
• 2009 > Their second album “Invisible Republic”
was released independently.
• 2011 > Released their third album “Shapeshifting”
which was produced by Dan Lissvik in Sweden.
• The album retains the band’s new wave and synthpop
influences while also dabbling in both more
electronic and more earthly sounds and textures.
• Shapeshifting isn’t proper dance music-- let’s call
it dance-inflected pop-- but it is fantastic and unbound,
interesting and engaging.
• The recruitment of Dan Lissvik to mix the record
did definitely helped a lot but however, having the
perfect producer means nothing if the band and the
material can’t give them something to work with,
so ultimately the credit should go to Young Galaxy
themselves.
• Favourite tracks: Cover your tracks, The angels are
surely weeping, We have everything.
METRONOMY
• 1999 > Joseph Mount formes in England Metronomy
• Mount also releases remixes under the name
“Metronomy”, and has remixed many artists including
Gorillaz, Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons, Goldfrapp,
Ladytron, Kate Nash, Lykke Li and much more. But
he refused to remix Sugababes. ;)
• 2005 > Release of Metronomy’s debut album “Pip
Paine (Pay the £5000 You Owe)”.
• Metronomy have toured widely throughout the UK
and Europe supporting acts such as Bloc Party, CSS,
Klaxons, Kate Nash and Justice.
• Their music consists of instrumental electronic
music and vocal electronic pop music.
• “The English Riviera” is completely different than
the previous albums of Metronomy.
• It is slicker and smoother, but in some point it’s
a little too uptight! Actually it could almost be the
album of a completely different band.
• If you’re used to dancing to Metronomy’s earlier
stuff at grimy electro nights, this might take some
getting used to, as the band have taken a totally new
direction into a 70’s surf feel.
• Nevertheless, the “lazy summer night songs” of
this album makes it to the perfect soundtrack for the
coming summer!
• Favourite tracks: The look, She wants, Corinne.