The Siegfried Sassoon - Muscle Beach / The Al Gore Rhythm 7"

The Siegfried Sassoon are pop-rock/beep-groovers (woah I just made up a cool genre) who formed in Chertsey. I started listening to TSS when I got hold of a copy of their self-released EP 'Electrocuted Means Dead' back when I was in college. They seemed to stand out from the crowd of half-arsed/lame bands that were really flooding the gigs I was going to at the time and this really excited me so I went to a few of their shows. These guys have interesting textures, catchy melodies and creative lyrics.. they seem to dig robots!!!

Anyway, a few years down the line now and they've released their debut 7" - Muscle Beach/The Al Gore-Rhythm. I got my copy a few weeks ago and it sounds lovely! Complete with brass harmonies and vocoders; the band are joined by Laura Mary-Carter (Blood Red Shoes) for the second A-side: 'The Al Gore Rhythm' which is a great mathy-pop track. There are some great little riffs in here amongst intricate (but tasteful) guitar work along with an epic sing along chorus! fuck yeaaaaa.

I highly reccomend going to see TSS live, such a vibrant and different sound from the dreary, muddy-guitar, confused unsigned bands i've seen over the years. This might be your thing, might not - but have a peep at their myspace and see what you think (some of the tracks from their older EP are also up there: check out 'I, Galactico' - a fucking great unreleased track). If you like it, get hold of a 7" before they're gone!

www.myspace.com/thesiegfriedsassoon

The band have produced a video for both tracks, here's one, go to their myspace for the other!



Love from Max.
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Music Sounds Better With Huw: Volume 1

Greetings to you, The Musical Universe! Just a quickie from me to let you know that two of the greatest forces in new British music have teamed up to offer you a rare treat indeed. Radio 1 DJ Huw Stevens and my favourite-label-of-all-time-bar-none, Wichita Recordings, have put out a compilation of some of the most badass new bands and artists around entitled "Music Sounds Better With Huw Volume 1". Tubelord, Pulled Apart By Horses and Dinosaur Pile-up have all been included in the mix which should give you some indication as to the outstanding quality of the music on show. Click HERE to visit the website, have a listen, then get over to iTunes and buy all 21 tracks for the measly sum of £4.99...trust me, you'll be the coolest kid in the playground!

C.