Tune In Saturdays: Lucky Soul
You know those bands you crank up in your car, banging on the steering wheel and belting out a sing-along until you see someone you know. Then immediately you start failed backtracking in a feeble attempt to explain it away. I call it the "The Cardigans Affect." Alright, I admit it, I like the song lovefool. It's just that I feel a little girly for saying so. Is that so wrong?
Anyway, Lucky Soul gives me that same uncomfortableness, as if I like them more than I should. There's a definite and distinct feel of playing musical dress-up. But, fuck it, we're all friends here, right?
From Pitchfork:
"When I first encountered Lucky Soul, on last year's chic indie pop comp The Kids at the Club, all I could hear was the past. The London sextet's thrillingly overwrought girl-group glamor is completely unmediated by hipster weirdness; you'll find no Wes Anderson postmodernism on their debut album, The Great Unwanted, so you can leave your ironic T-shirts at home. The syrupy orchestration of "My Brittle Heart", the group's first single, takes from Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" not the overly familiar drum patterns, but the grand, open-hearted directness, as huge and as potentially embarrassing as first love."
Lucky Soul - One Kiss Don't Make a Summer (mp3)
Lucky Soul - Lips Are Unhappy (mp3)
Lucky Soul - Add Your Light to Mine, Baby (video)