The album, recorded at different stages during the year and slated to come out in the spring, is very different from their first given the changes in the world since their debut in 2009. There have been riots in the streets of London and there is a sense that people are unhappy, so a carefree album didn’t seem appropriate, as Elizabeth explains: “I wanted to make beautiful songs and end up with a beautiful album, not necessarily an album of three minute pop songs… I suppose the songs have an awareness of a darker place but end up coming out the other side. We wanted to make the best album we possibly could and I think we've ended up with that.”
tisdag 20 december 2011
VIDEO: Allo Darlin' - "Talullah"
onsdag 12 januari 2011
Dagens andra video: Darren Hayman - “My Bedroom”
Jag, Aronskij och Doktor Jens talade om honom i Göteborg i helgen. Vi enades typ om att Hefner var på allas vår tio-i-topp. Sen diskuterade vi vilken skiva som var bäst. Sen konstaterades att band som gör skivor med tydligt åtskilda färgval på konvolutet är bra band. Så att man kan säga “den gula”, “den blå”, “den rosa”, “den svarta” – ja, ni fattar (precis som Belle and Sebastan mellan If You’re Feeling Sinister och Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant).
Låten i videon är hämtad från Darrens projekt “January Songs” där han skriver, spelar in och släpper en sång varje dag under hela januari. “They won't all be good but some might be.”
söndag 10 oktober 2010
Dagens video: Darren Hayman & The Second Modern - “Calling Out Your Name Again”
Låten finns med på Darrens nya skiva Essex Arms (Fortuna Pop) som släpps imorgon. Låten finns för nedlastning här. Om videon säger Darren så här på Fortunas hemsida:
A few friends who have already seen this video have said that I have too much time on my hands. This isn’t true, but I do have a compulsive nature and when I start something, I mean to finish it. No idea is too stupid for me to pursue and time and effort shouldn’t be the reason for not doing something. I am currently building a life size model of my dog out of Lego. No, really I am.
This video is made using one sheet of card that is constantly scanned in between me drawing or erasing or painting over parts of it. I had no concious plan or storyboard though I would occasionally draw something that reflected a line from the song. The main thing was put Radio 4 on, make a cup of tea, then draw, scan, draw, scan, draw, scan etc.
It took about 2 months. I won’t be doing it again. I hope you like it.
I like it.