Darren Tan
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First of all, i would like to sincerely thank you for visiting Indiesurf.com. As you can see now, i’m a huge avid fan of indie music, indie bands and indie artists. Since i was 17 years old, i started to fall in love with the indie music scene. It was a total turning point in my life for me as i no longer look at the indie music industry the same since. I realized that the music and talent of the indie music scene are amazingly breathtaking. One of the significant differences between indie music scene and commercial/mainstream music scene is within the music itself. Cheers!
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Modern Guilt dives in with folky opener “Orphans”. It has a distant bass sound in the beginning. Once the guitar enters and Beck voices out, the track just hits the jackpot like that. It produces a country-like atmosphere to it, folk and country rock altogether.
Late Of The Pier’s Fantasy Black Channel opens with roaring guitar instrumental “Hot Tent Blues”. It seems that Late Of The Pier have been using a sampler to make this track. The guitar on this track revives the 80s rock scene where it’s filled with pitching and echoic guitar.
Twenty One welcomes us with opener “Hideaway”. It starts off with some sirens, as if some houses or buildings are on fire and waiting for the arrival of Firemen. Before long, the bass just comes in with a lazy and draggy sound to it joined by steady drum beats. It has this disco feeling too.
A Mouthful has an album appetizer that everyone of us will definitely give at least a thumb-up to it. In “Playground Hustle”, a group of children cover most of the singing part while Olivia just adds in some extra weights here and there. The music in this track is exceptional as well.
Elephant Shell has a good opening with “Centennial”. In the few seconds upon opening, you can hear the sound of a malfunctioned robot. The robot might be stuck or jammed somewhere, i thought to myself. Shortly, the draggy keyboard and Dave Monks just come in. Centennial is not a fast tempo track, but the guitar and bass seem to be able to work this track out.
A Hundred Million Suns opens with “If There’s A Rocket Tie Me To It”. It starts off in the distance with the help of synthesizers and gradually sounds louder and gets into the track when the correct momentum hits on. When the guitar comes on, it sounds really good before Gary comes on with his trademark husky yet soft vocals.
You & Me kicks off with “Dónde Está la Playa”. The combination of the bass and the organ is quite good. At first listen, it sounded really weird. But after a few listens, my perception towards the music in the background as Hamilton sings on totally changed.
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This Is Alphabeat makes me go dancing with their album opener "Fantastic 6". When the music comes on, Alphabeat can be heard voicing, "Ah... Ah... Woo...". With the 80s atmosphere, i find Fantastic 6 a very good track, especially in the chorus where Alphabeat's Anders SG and Stine did a double together, "...Twenty four seven, from Heaven, they'll be watching over all of us, the international, professionals...".
Swimming let us in with the well-performed “Abandon”. I like the way the guitar opens with the handclaps, giving you indication that this song will instantly click with you.
