This was a track that I heard on (of all places) a francophone channel that was playing music videos in the lulls of their programming. I had been channel flicking when I came across the gloomy looking singer crying her eyes out when she sang; quite odd. Although the video left much to be desired, the track was quite brilliant. It did get quite a bit of airplay on radio, like every hour at one point, and that initially drove me off it. But being the picky bastard I am, I knew I had to have this on vinyl, despite how hard it would be to find. Here we are, a glorious 10" red vinyl EP of maps, and a few other crap songs. I'll be honest in saying I've not really given the band a chance past this EP, and that's something I should do at some point (there's just too much music, and too little wallet). As I did mention, 'Maps' is a great track, which has a flickering winter breath on the shoegaze spectrum of things, and that’s perhaps why I like it so. The other two tracks I can live without, as they sound like the torture of Joan of Arc (and then some). It seems like
Track 1, Maps
Track 2, Count DownTrack 3, Miles Away (John Peel Session)
Grab the tracks here!
US Interscope Records 2003, B0002074-11
Personal rating 3/5
5 comments:
hello from Paris,
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So true "Maps" is the only decent thing to come from the YYY. I honestly listened to all their other stuff after discovering this track but nothing else stuck. Weird really.
With that said, nice blog!
;)
Spitfire
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tank you !!!
Hey, any chance you can repost or dropbox for me? Cheers.
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