SONG OF THE DAY [#263]

'darling' | sons and daughters

if you throw bernard butler into any conversation i'm bound to listen. since leaving suede, bernie's been busy with david mcalmont, burying the hatchet with suede frontman brett anderson, and producing records. his latest production is glaswegian band sons and daughters. [is it just me or does dood with the slicked back hair look a lot like brett anderson? he's got the pose nailed! maybe bernie's still working out some brett issues? hmmm, funny, methinks!]

anyway, enough musical psychoanalysis. sons and daughters are getting lots of pub right now, and with songs this charged, it's easy to see why. the album sounds like it's been hiding out in some jumper cables. [great job with the knobs, bernie!] their third album, 'this gift,' dropped last tuesday and it's pretty darn good stuff. it's got a nice late-70's melodic punk vibe [think iggy pop meets franz ferdinand, maybe]. the guitars chug, the drums pound, the vocals are alternately down and dirty and soaring. if that scares you, don't let it. behind it all are some really solid songs. and i gotta say that it's nice to hear someone cut loose in this day and age of pretentious art music. sometimes i just wanna cut loose and ram my head against a metal post. don't you? so next time you wanna pummel some little arty farty kid, put on some sons and daughters and show 'em the bizness [i don't condone violence, i'm just sayin']. 'darling' is excellent fists-in-the-air/to-the-face music. it's a bona fide hit. this is the real deal and i suspect it's about ready to launch into outer space, so check it out.

[UPDATE] sons and daughters will be in salt lake city @ the urban lounge tuesday, april 1st. i'll be there. i hope you will, too. i've listened to 'darling' about 50 times in the last two days. i gotta say, it's got 'single of the year' written all over it and right now it's sons and daughters' title to lose.

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