Release : VA-Moshi Moshi - Singles Club 2006-2008
Artist : VA-Moshi Moshi
Album : Singles Club 2006-2008
Genre : Indie
Source : CDDA
Label : Moshi Moshi Records
URL :
Date : 03-31-2008
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 197kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 14
Time : 50:35 min
Size : 72.35 MB
1 Danananakroyd - Totally Bone 4:16
2 Matt & Kim - Silver Tiles 3:38
3 Rat: Att: Arg - Can We Fix It 3:51
4 Kate Nash - CarolineÆs A Victim 2:54
5 Breakbot - Happy Rabbit 3:06
6 Slow Club - Because WeÆre Dead 2:55
7 Pacific - Break Your Social System 3:36
8 Late Of The Pier - Bathroom Gurgle 4:42
9 Wave Pictures - We Dress Up Like Snowmen 3:59
10 Elle SÆappelle - Little Flame 2:53
11 Friendly Fires - Paris 3:59
12 Lykke Li - Little Bit 4:33
13 The Dells - Lazy 2:28
14 Team Waterpolo - Letting Go 3:45
http://www.moshimoshimusic.com/releases/various/singles-compilation
To celebrate the labelÆs 10 year anniversary, Moshi Moshi have released this
collection, which features all of the A sides from the first 14 releases from
their Singles Club, from the last 18 months. And quite a collection it is too.
If there is a common thread, it can perhaps be found in the determinedly
eclectic, hard-to-pigeonhole sound that a lot of the bands herein put across,
but you certainly couldnÆt distill this into anything like an approved ôMoshi
Moshi soundö, nor would one want to. This is a great purchase to make if you are
looking to discover some new bands to form an attachment to: it is reasonably
likely that there is going to be something here that will make most listeners
want to explore further.
Rather than talk in generalities, however, IÆve taken a more practical approach,
and offer a short one- or two-line review of each track here. IÆve given them
all marks (or half marks) out of ten, and the overall rating for the CD is the
average of all of those scores.
Danananakroyd - Totally Bone
Ace crashing jerky part-shouty kick-off to the album. Like a more verbose and
articulate iForward, Russia! û littering the track with uncommon multi-syllabled
words like ôemasculatedö ôdismemberö ôaccoladesö ôplumageö. 7/10
Matt & Kim - Silver Tiles
A real highlight. A spiky electro track that builds in intensity and excitement
as it goes on. 8.5/10
Rat: Att: Arg - Can We Fix It
The odd crooner vocal (which reminded me a bit of Alex Kapranos) is at odds with
the busy backing, including some great wonky brass sounds. Lively, but
uncategorisable. 6/10
Kate Nash - CarolineÆs a Victim
Execrable. 0/10
Breakbot - Happy Rabbit
Starts out like a Spector outtake, then comes over all funk- and vocoder-ridden.
6/10
Slow Club - Because WeÆre Dead
Frisky alt.country boy/girl romp, like a less world-weary Broken Family Band (on
a sugar rush). Lovely û another highlight, for me. 9/10
Pacific - Break Your Social System
A bit like Hot Chip at their most woozy and drowse-inducing. A little tame. 5/10
Late of the Pier - Bathroom Gurgle
ThereÆs almost too much, stylistically, thrown in here to the one track. This
could be filed under ôOveregged Retroö, along with MGMTÆs weaker album moments,
if such a genre existed outside of my own mind. 6/10
Wave Pictures - We Dress Up Like Snowmen
Another absolute corker from this most engaging of bands. A charming vignette,
well told. Sample lyric: ôYou laid down your innocence / Though it is just half
deadö. Brilliant old-style indie wordsmithery. 9/10
Elle SÆAppelle - Little Flame
Continuing the ôold-fashioned indieö segment of the compilation, this made me
think of 80s female fronted bands like The Waitresses or even Altered Images,
but in a good way. 8/10
Friendly Fires - Paris
Starts out like a nu-rave classic in the making, before developing into an
uplifting ode to escapism: ôOne day weÆre gonna live in Paris / I promise, IÆm
on itö. Not quite the best thing ever, as I was partially expecting from some of
the press theyÆve been getting, but exhilarating none the less. 7/10
Lykke Li - Little Bit
IÆm afraid her breathy ôingenueö vocal does nothing for me. This track is mostly
inoffensive, a little repetitive, but not one to love. 5/10
The Dells - Lazy
A grime rant, that rings true, about laziness vs ambition. The engaging and
honest words (ôtime is here / be the best / now prove itö) work well with the
chosen beats, samples and cowbells (always good) that help convey the sense of
urgency. 7/10
Team Waterpolo - Letting Go
This is a great album closer, despite borrowing heavily from Franz FerdinandÆs
ôDo You Want Toö (which it betters). It may not be big or outlandishly clever,
but itÆs an infectious electro-pop gem, nonetheless. 8/10