CHRISTOPHER PORT: Bump
Takes a while to get going, but doesn’t really get going at all. Ingredients are added, but no sparks transpire. Session percussionist Christopher Port pays homage to UK garage with an arrhythmic arrangement that never really gives anything to hold onto – which isn’t vital. It just doesn’t give enough in way of personality to compensate.
POPPONGENE: Do It Girl
New act Poppongene (a solo project for Sophie Treloar of Sunbeam Sound Machine) entices with a swirl of lush guitar oscillation. It’s a tonal dreamscape, easy and worthwhile as it engulfs. Time stands still, which is important sometimes.
THE GOOCH PALMS: Ask Me Why
There’s a bit of Devo stab on Ask Me Why, some sick interplay between the band’s two players in the chorus. Gooch Palms keep on perfecting the formula.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE: Can’t Stop The Feeling!
Every now and then I think whatever happened to blockbuster singles tied into blockbuster movies then I realised they still happen but the songs don’t really have anything to do with the movies which is a bit of a cop-out so I guess this song is pretty innocuous feel-good pop tied to the Trolls movie and apparently there is a Trolls movie now because I guess everyone who had a troll doll in the early-‘90s is an old cunt now so they’ll drag their own kids to the pictures because nostalgia and this JT track will play over the credits and infect the world like a plague all the while I’m here wanting Will Smith to come back and rap about the wikky wild wild west.
DUNE RATS: Bullshit
The title here is pretty much the only word on the lyric sheet that exceeds one syllable, the riffs are garbage grade shit, the song progresses from tired cookie cutter punk to slightly louder, boring cookie cutter punk. It’s like a bunch of eight year olds hit the bong with Anarchy In The UK on Spotify and fucked around in a studio for 15 minutes. Actually, eight year olds probably have a more discerning ear than whatever Dune Rats have regressed to. Probably have more of a trenchant worldview, too.
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
RADIOHEAD: Daydreaming
If everyone in the world aspired to walk at the brisk pace Thommy Yorke does in the Daydreaming video then productivity would be up around 1-2 percent, which would add billions to the economy and lift overall fitness and wellbeing. Song’s pretty good too.
