New music guide The Neu Bulletin (14th August 2014)
Freelove Fenner and Celeste are in today’s new music guide, alongside tonight’s ‘It’s All Neu’ bill in London.
The Neu Bulletin is a daily update of the most exciting new things DIY’s listening to. Some of the music you’ll like, some of it you won’t. Think of it as a stream of recommendations that every so often pops up something spectacular. Most of these are Bandcamp finds, big ups from readers or cheeky submissions that pop out of the inbox.
Every day we offer up a choice show, a song of the day (branched under the understated heading “Big Neu Thing”) and a little something extra that’s caught our attention. Check back here every day for your latest Neu Bulletin delivery and follow our ‘Listen’-tag for everything new music related.
THE GIG:It’s All Neu — London, The Old Blue Last (The Bedroom, Movie, Bo En)
It’s a diverse bill, and it’s one we couldn’t be more excited about. Tonight Neu takes over The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch, hosting three acts from brilliantly different corners. The Bedroom delivers dagger-like, sample-happy productions, Movie are a fast-moving ‘90s-dosed new band and Bo En is a laptop-hugging gem that’s so post-internet the world wide web might just explode.
THE BIG NEU THING:Freelove Fenner — Lash & Brow
On a scale of little-bit-unsung to criminally underrated, studio nerds Freelove Fenner jump right into another bracket. That might be down to the Montreal band’s introverted way of going about things, but new song ‘Lash & Brow’ concerns the issue of “seeing and being seen”, and it’s a song that gradually, bit-by-bit, comes out of the shadows. Neatly arranged guitar parts are simple as it gets, and a woozy backdrop does the rest. Here stands a band ready to be noticed.
Taken from ‘Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner’, out this November.
OTHER NEU BUSINESS:Celeste — People Like Me
Although mesmeric newcomers Celeste were formed out of support artists for Mumford & Sons, there’s luckily not a whiff of a rusty banjo or stale pint of ale to be heard/smelt. Instead, Mystery Jets bassist Pete Cochrane and Michael Kiwanuka bandmembers Miles James and Graham Godfrey have crafted a hypnotic, psychedelic-rock sound that’s somewhere between the newest Childhood stuff, The War On Drugs and vintage 70s surf-rock. First single ‘People Like Me’ shimmers with a glittery suit of funk bassline and retro synth, creating something that makes for cosmic and heavenly listening. [Kyle MacNeill]
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.