a r t i s t : Masha Qrella
t i t l e : Don't Stop The Dance
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Morr Music
c a t : ANOST 013
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Sep/2006
t r a c k s : 02
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 11,5 MB
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In a parallel universe this would be exactly the kind of
perfect pop music you'd hear blaring out of every commercial
radio station across the country...actually, that parallel
universe seems to exist, pretty much every radio station in
Berlin has had this playlisted for several weeks...and you
wonder why seemingly every other musician listed on these
pages has moved there in the last few years? Anyway, back to
this diamond 7", what we have here is one of the most
overlooked and genius guitar bands of the last few years
reworking Bryan Ferry's classic "Don't Stop The Dance" (you
know, totally brilliant 1985 track, same era as "Slave to
Love") - turning what was one of those trademark swoonsome
Ferry numbers (drenched in 80's excess, over-production and
the faint whiff of cocaine hovering in the middle distance)
into 4 minutes of moving, joyful guitar-pop par excellence.
Masha Qrella have always seemed to posess one of the most
sophisticated and complex songwriting skills in indie-rock,
this cover version also clearly illustrates that they are
master-arrangers, a band in posession of a pop instinct that
quite honestly raises the hairs on the back of my neck with
what seems like unabridged effortlessnes. One of the
catchiest, most inspired, feel-good records you'll buy this
year - an essential purchase.
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01-Dont Stop the Dance [04:19]
02-Saturday Night [03:58]
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08:17 min