Sometimes you just want to hear something that's lovely. Something that's disarmingly soft and lush and tender that warms the cockles of your heart like Christmas. There are a number of bands who possess that quality- Belle & Sebastian being a prime example. The other night I was scouring music blogs and felt my heartstrings being tugged as if my small, gorgeous child, when I came across Simian Ghost. These guys tick a lit of the boxes on the adorable tweeness criteria. They're Swedish. They have arty, cryptic song titles like "All I Know is But A Fog". The lead singer sounds a hell of a lot like Jonsi. But it works!
I've mentioned Belle & Sebastian and Jonsi thusfar, but Simian Disco don't bear a vast resemblance to either band. If you've heard The Postal Service, I guess they're quite similar to them. The three piece have a very layered sound, and everything is blended so well that on the first few listens of their album Infinite Traffic Everywhere- available to stream for free here- I didn't notice everything that going on. Gently fluttering synths, guitar parts ranging from dirty guzzlign riffs to echo drenched lines that soar up and down to sprase and lonely acoustic pickery, drum machine beats, classic indie guitar pop "oos" and "aaas"all deftly woven together into something that at times really is enchanting.
These guys aren't the saviours of music, but that's besides the point. They're another example of Scandinavia's uncanny ability to create intelligent, glimmering music that, if you let it, will pick you up and drift you off into a gentle, beautiful state of mind.
Click here to go to music blog Tympanogram and grab a free download of their new single "Transparent is OK", or here to go the their MySpace, or here to stream the album! Hope you enjoy!
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