SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – IAMUNDERNODISGUISE (FULL TIME HOBBY)
When I first play this single scarily it is at the wrong speed and immediately I hate it for its pretensions and druid feel. After such a keen cover and artwork featuring lavish packaging my gut instinct is that it just does not match up. I revert to what I think and hope is the correct (normal) speed for the single and begin to judge again.
Even with the change of speed I am not convinced that this is a good move as I am faced with a set of vocals that resembles the Wicker Man soundtrack crossed with The Cranberries with a touch of Circulus. This is not a good thing.
In the court of King Arthur this may have cut the mustard but in the modern world and such crisis as terrorism and the credit crunch I truly cannot see how this song, record, band and/or music improves our environment any.
Flipping to the b-side and hoping for something better I find myself faced with more of the same, yet another stupidly conceived piece of tat complete with electronic beats born from song kind of unnecessary remix.
Knowing nothing about this band I enquire further and discover it is the dude from Simple Machines hooking/shacking up with two twins he met at an Interpol concert. That’s not a good thing either.
Interestingly though the original School Of Seven Bells is a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.
I don’t get it.
Thesaurus moment: somnolent.
School Of Seven Bells
Full Time Hobby
When I first play this single scarily it is at the wrong speed and immediately I hate it for its pretensions and druid feel. After such a keen cover and artwork featuring lavish packaging my gut instinct is that it just does not match up. I revert to what I think and hope is the correct (normal) speed for the single and begin to judge again.
Even with the change of speed I am not convinced that this is a good move as I am faced with a set of vocals that resembles the Wicker Man soundtrack crossed with The Cranberries with a touch of Circulus. This is not a good thing.
In the court of King Arthur this may have cut the mustard but in the modern world and such crisis as terrorism and the credit crunch I truly cannot see how this song, record, band and/or music improves our environment any.
Flipping to the b-side and hoping for something better I find myself faced with more of the same, yet another stupidly conceived piece of tat complete with electronic beats born from song kind of unnecessary remix.
Knowing nothing about this band I enquire further and discover it is the dude from Simple Machines hooking/shacking up with two twins he met at an Interpol concert. That’s not a good thing either.
Interestingly though the original School Of Seven Bells is a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.
I don’t get it.
Thesaurus moment: somnolent.
School Of Seven Bells
Full Time Hobby
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