Let me start out by saying that I had this article almost all written, and I was really pleased, until the computer sneezed. Now, I am starting over and I can only hope it will be as good as the one I just had. (GRRRRR!!!)
So, without further adieu --
Around a year or so ago, I was hearing a lot of mixes by a group called "Cut Copy". Liking what I was hearing, I looked into more about them and their music. I am so glad I did, because now they've got a spot in my Top 5. Top 5 what, you ask? I suppose...ummm, my Top 5 anything music related. Though, if you asked me to rattle off my Top 5 right now, I'm sure I'd have different answers next week. NOT because I would have changed my mind about loving Cut Copy, but because I kind of have a lot of favorites.
Anyways, when I first became a big fan, their only album out was Bright Like Neon Love, which came out in 2004. Two of my favorite tracks on it are "Time Stands Still" and "Saturdays". So, naturally I was ecstatic when I'd heard a few months ago they were coming out with their 2nd album.
Cool cover art, right? Well, over at Lost At E Minor the idea was asked about:
"How was the album artwork conceptualised? ‘When we came to thinking about the album cover art, we wanted something photographic, rather than creating graphics. However, we also wanted something that was a bit colourful, a bit strange and that would be striking and interesting to look at. So we came up with the idea of photographing ourselves and then projecting the photos onto ourselves with colours and lights also projected. We ended up really pleased with the end result.'"
Now, In Ghost Colours is climbing up the charts. If you haven't heard the trio's new single "Lights and Music", keep your ears clean and I'm sure you will. If you like it, and you check out their MySpace and like that, too...buy the album! You won't regret it, I promise. This indie dance pop rock album has songs that flow beautifully and transcend into one another without giving you a migraine.
The track titled, "Out There on the Ice" very subtly resembles New Young Pony Club's "Ice Cream" in the very beginning. And it's no wonder because both bands (along with many other greats) are signed on record label Modular Recordings. And "Strangers in the Wind" has a familiarity to it, too. Not in a bad knock-off kind of way either. I couldn't exactly put my finger on it until I read Pitchfork's review where they say, "The carefree "Strangers in the Wind", whose lazy verse and torpid guitar peels owe a little bit to Fleetwood Mac."
Some of the songs are more dreamy, some are more eighties, but no matter what they all make you want to dance in some way or another. In an interview from Something Glorious, the band's frontman Dan Whitford says, "It's interesting because ever since I first started DJing I can see dance and indie music growing closer and closer together. Ten years ago, house was always so commercial in the ways that it sounded and was marketed and almost anti the whole indie vibe and vice versa. Daft Punk was like this huge breath of fresh air into that scene and things have gotten steadily more creative and integrated between dance and rock music. Now in Melbourne you see all the same kids at rock shows as you do at dance parties and that never happened back in the day. It's great really - 'cos I've always loved both dance and rock stuff. I think it's a healthy thing for the two to meet in the middle."
