Artist: Sad Day For Puppets
Title: Marble Gods
Label: Sonic Cathedral
Genre: Indie
Bitrate: 198kbit av.
Time: 00:08:11
Size: 12.28 mb
Rip Date: 2009-02-06
Str Date: 2009-03-02
1. Marble Gods 3:45
2. Big Waves 4:26
Release Notes:
Swedish superstars-in-waiting SAD DAY FOR PUPPETS release
their debut UK single on Monday, March 2. A double A-side, it
will be released as a download and a strictly limited-edition
seven-inch. (But is the promo cd!)
The band were formed in late-2006 in the Stockholm suburb of
Blackeberg, when songwriter and guitarist MARTIN K-LLHOLM
joined forces with fellow guitarist MARCUS SANDGREN and singer
ANNA EKLUND. The trio bonded over their love of fuzz and
feedback and began playing shows with bassist ALEX
SVENSON-MET+S and drummer MICAEL BACK. By 2008, thanks to
mutual friends the Television Personalities, they had been
hand-picked to support MGMT on their Swedish dates.
The A-side, 'MARBLE GODS', starts off like a cross between
something from the first Concretes album and Dinosaur Jr circa
µWhere You Been'; an irresistible and irrepressible pop melody
mixed with a brilliant and beautiful noise. The minute-long
coda at the end (the best - the only? - coda on a single since
Teenage Fanclub's 'The Concept' way back in 1991) takes the J
Mascis homage even further. Is that really a split-second of
the guitar solo from 'Get Me'? Frankly, when it's this good,
who cares? 'BIG WAVES', over on the AA-side, shows a more
delicate side of the band. A glorious, almost hymnal ode to
lost love, complete with beautiful vocal harmonies courtesy of
Anna's kid sister Annika, it sounds - rather wonderfully -
like Lush covering a long-lost Everly Brothers song atop
a Phil Spector-sized wall of sound.
'Marble Gods' is taken from Sad Day For Puppets' debut album,
'UNKNOWN COLORS', which will be released on Sonic Cathedral
Recordings in May.