Endless Drive

There is a lot of new music that I could share through the summer. But there is one record that I listen to very often this time. It's by It Hugs Back. Their latest record impressed me so much that it was on a heavy rotation during the last days. I love them laid-back sound and their arrangements. It made me feel easy when I finished work after long hours. Tomorrow my company will celebrate their 150th birthday with more than 700 people. I have to be a part of it for a few hours and I am horrified when I see drunken co-workers dancing to that fucking classics of the so called New German Wave. Hope to god that I might leave this place before this things will happen.

It Hugs Back

Another band I've never heard before and was recommended by my youngest brother are It Hugs Back. It is another London based band that released several records during the last years. It Hugs back was formed by Matthew Simms who played guitar by Wire for a few years and Pete Fowler, Super Furry Animals. Their music can't be described as post-punk or alternative rock like you may expect by them members. It is more a frantic burst of kaleidoscopic guitar pop with exuberant synths, some piano parts and emphatic vocals.

There were so many songs to feature but only a few today. Go Magic is a brilliant glam-rocker with a pounding groove, sharp guitar riffs and vocal delivered through a loudhailer.
   

Waiting Room is a delightful, with aching and countrified harmonies and some superb guitar picking.


On their last track Skateboard Rhythm they transform a low folk song into an euphoric Krautrocking jam.



Thank you Martin - this post is dedicated to you