Artist: You Is Stupid
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Back to the new music today with a track from The Bell. I posted a demo track from these guys almost a year and a half ago back when they were called You Is Stupid and even then, I knew they were onto something special. As said before (and reiterated by the recent NPR feature), The Bell's postpunk sound is far more Echo and the Bunnymen-influenced pop than Joy Division-style bleakness. Dark enough to be considered goth, but still very hook-oriented. Naturally, this fits in quite well with many of the similar bands from the early 80s that I've been listening to recently. "Leave me" is an angry song, but also a bit weary. The delivery is a bit flippant, but oh-so-close to breaking. This is the last straw - if things get pushed any further, it'll be bad news. A simple two-line chorus turns into a mantra. I like this a lot.
The Bell - Leave me
Badman Recording is offering up The Bell's (nee You Is Stupid) new single "I am history" as a free download: http://www.zshare.net/audio/3161871dea83b0/
I like this band a lot, so be sure to check it out.
Badman Recordings has enlisted Curtis Vodka, Zzz and DiskJokke to do remixes for The Bell's (nee You is Stupid) debut single, due out in July. As for the band's debut full-length, that will be out in September.
You Is Stupid, a great band I posted about a long time ago (and also played on last week's radio show), has finally changed their name. Now they are The Bell: http://www.myspace.com/thebelltheband
"I am history" will be released as a single next week with the debut full-length "Make some quiet" being released in September.
The playlist for my radio show this week:
01. Pistol Disco - Walking with Jesus
02. TALK 1
03. Heroes & Zeros - Into the light
04. Vijaya - Your gun will never set you free
05. Convoj - My timekeeping heart
06. TALK 2
07. Darkthrone - Too old, too cold
08. A Perfect Friend - Rush hour
09. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
10. TALK 3
11. Fun - I've got a truck
12. Moonbabies - Walking on my feet
13. The Perishers - When I fall
14. TALK 4
15. Regulations - Police siren
16. Viola - Ordinary teenage sensation
17. Björn Kleinhenz - Starlit queen
18. TALK 5
19. Gravy - Glory to our brilliant name
20. Hero Dishonest - Stalin vs Hank Hardy
21. Sophie Zelmani - To know you
22. Ulver - Capitel III: Graablick blev hun vaer
23. TALK 6
24. Håkan Hellström - Ramlar
25. Abhinanda - Highway tonight
26. Single Unit - Passion, pirates & parasites
27. TALK 7
28. Kompjotr Eplektrika - Skulldrummantra
29. The Tiny - Just like you
30. Death Breath - Death breath
31. TALK 8
32. Entombed - Serpent speech
33. The Cardigans - Marvel hill
34. Soviac - I got the ribbah
35. TALK 9
36. The Bear Quartet - Put me back together
37. You Is Stupid - I am history
38. Paris - 60 minutes
39. The Process - Mot Sverige i tiden
40. TALK 10
41. Weeping Willows - I give you the morning
Remember You Is Stupid? I do - I still even listen to their demo from time to time. Apparently the band has been signed to a US label is working on their debut album. Details? I know none. Listen at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/youisstupid
Despite the terrible name, You Is Stupid is a good band. The trio features current and ex-members of acts such as Hardy Nilsson, Autorock, Reverend Big O and Fraction of My Former Self, so they aren't exactly fresh faces on the scene, but I think that's okay. Their take on the lighter side of 80s goth music is refreshing in a world of bleak Joy Division clones. It's still definitely heavy on the minor chords, but try thinking more along the lines of Echo and the Bunnymen or The Cure to get a good idea of what these guys are after. I especially love the way that the minimalist guitar licks on this particular track counterbalance the vocals. They make sure that neither element overwhelms the other until they rise up together in the triumphant final chorus. Extremely well done.
Despite the terrible name, You Is Stupid is a good band. The trio features current and ex-members of acts such as Hardy Nilsson, Autorock, Reverend Big O and Fraction of My Former Self, so they aren't exactly fresh faces on the scene, but I think that's okay. Their take on the lighter side of 80s goth music is refreshing in a world of bleak Joy Division clones. It's still definitely heavy on the minor chords, but try thinking more along the lines of Echo and the Bunnymen or The Cure to get a good idea of what these guys are after. I especially love the way that the minimalist guitar licks on this particular track counterbalance the vocals. They make sure that neither element overwhelms the other until they rise up together in the triumphant final chorus. Extremely well done.
You Is Stupid - I am history