Features The Neu Bulletin (2nd December 2013)

The Neu Bulletin provides a daily dose of new music tips, all in the name of exposing you to something fresh and exciting.

Every day we offer up a choice show, a song of the day and a little something extra that’s caught our attention. Check back here every day for your latest Neu Bulletin delivery.

THE GIG
Bayy, Ancient Times, Home School, Abattoir Blues - Brighton, The Hope


Local Brighton bands pour into The Hope tonight for a showcase of all the city’s fuzz-laced charms. Jack Kaye’s Home School recently caused a stir with ‘Scream’, a track that dissed other boy’s cheekbones, coming off like Real Estate with a romantic agenda. Amazing. Backed by Bayy, Ancient Times and Abattoir Blues, this is a brilliant way to start the month. £3 tickets.

THE BIG NEU THING
Senile Crocodile
Senile Crocodile by Senile Crocodile

Getting by on voodoo imagery and loopy riffs, Hull’s Senile Crocodile are working up a spell that’d rival David Blaine in the ridiculousness stakes. Half of the group’s new, self-titled collection of songs is brash and tasteless, but oh so inviting. Like an itch that won’t quit, there’s a strange satisfaction trapped beneath the irritation. These guys are up in the face, bold and obnoxious. And sometimes that’s a very good thing indeed. Every so often a jolt in the system - however unpleasant at the time - kills the standard scenery for the better. So there you have it: Senile Crocodile - obnoxious, unpleasant, irritating, strange, itchy. Go listen.

OTHER NEU BUSINESS
Faults
Innocence and Everyday (Demo) by Faults

The shuffling, skittering build that defines London group Faults’ debut ‘demo’, ‘Innocence and Everyday’, strangely recalls the likes of Doves and recent-era The National; bands capable of giving a nothingness and complete melancholy a sense of grandeur. Pounding drums and the same distinct piano note, chiming and chiming away, all meet to create a vivid, atmospheric debut that steers its way up to the heavens.