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One of the benefits of having a publicly accessible e-mail address is you never run low on people trying to sell you viagra. However, more interesting is the number of bands of whom you might never otherwise hear wanting to share their musical outpourings.
I was informed by e-mail that Cyclefly had effectively split, which left an odd void that even finding a copy of 'The best Irish bands in the world ...ever! Volume 2' in my local HMV didn't seem to fill.
Thankfully a very nice man named David e-mailed me about an Irish band called Onoff and sent me a copy of their second album 'The last laugh'; it arrived on the same day as my (ridiculously too huge) Powerman5000 jacket and their promo picture made them look such an interesting mix of personalities that was intrigued enough to go to their site to find a track listing.
Onoff float happily somewhere between pop punk and whatever the hell Cyclefly were pigeon-holed as, possessing both 'Answer that and stay fashionable' era-AFI tinged vocals and a sense of comic timing that Green Day lost long before 'American Idiot.'
The entire of The last laugh is thought provoking, bitter sweet punk with the feeling of integrity and enjoyment that more mainstream bands often lack, with 'How long will we wait?' being utterly infectious.
A gentleman close to Anneli Rydahl also e-mailed me and directed me towards her music. Don't be put off by the pop tag, for 'Dog Rose' possesses a sweet quirkiness that can be seen in some of Tori Amos' saner work. The concept behind the song might sound not overly dissimilar to Amy Studt but a key difference is that Anneli is actually talented and doesn't wear socks on her arms.
Like many Swedish artists, it seems that Anneli is a dreamer and is completely open with her emotions and aspirations; she wrote 'My heart is singing' for Celine Dion but "never got the chance to send it to her though... hard to find a proper address and things like that" so took it for herself, which is a good thing as Celine would not have managed to convey half as much real emotion. Those troubled by the involvement of Celine Dion may wish to imagine 'My heart is dreaming' as a pop ballad version of The Murder City Devils' 'Bride of the elephant man'.
Lastly, but by no means leastly, is DavE, aka Killing Nero, who has managed to sound incredibly similar to the early output of Velvet Acid Christ and Lollipop Lust Kill without actually having heard any. DavE has sent me a variety of tracks, all of which have been thoughily enjoyable EBM with touches of AFI, experimental vocals and, of course, interesting sound effects.
Due to the fact that DavE has produced a number of totally enjoyable songs, ranging from 'The fast song' to 'I kill Mary' to 'Ember tourniquet', and even the newest song, thus far simply entitled 'New', he rounds off this collection of random, but good, music discovered in-between my viagra and spyware spam.
