This Noise Never Annoys - Noise Annoys Simon
November 14th, 2009
I know I have gushed and gloated about owning release on the wonderful Pop Noise Records label in the past and I am going to continue if the calibre of their releases continues to be as good as their 16th release by Noise Annoys Simon - You Say It I’ll Know It (pop noise 016). This is pure power pop, “blistering indie pop” with lots of guitars, great hooks, and amazing melodies.
Judging from the band name, Noise Annoys Simon (www.myspace.com/noiseannoyssimon) , I would guess that they have been influenced by the Buzzcocks who released the song “Noise Annoys” or Creation Records who also released a label sampler with the same name which is all fine in my books and you could do a lot worse in the influences category. I do know that they have a sound that reminds me of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, Superstar, Ride and others (so in sound there is the Creation connection on 3 out of these 4 - they even have a song with Vapour Trails in the name which automatically makes it cool).
They have been around for a while based around East Devon UK and have already released several impressive songs on samplers and EP’s and this is their first long player. The band includes Simon Bish (who was in the John Peel favourite Thrilled Skinny who also have some re-issues worth picking up on Pop Noise Records), Rich Ward (Fat Battery), Andy Ward (who also leads the band Some Beans - http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2009/03/10/some_beans_feature.shtml - who also have some fine releases on Pop Noise and assists Fat Battery) and James Ward (The Udagawa Deal, whose few songs I have heard so far, point towards a great album).
My current favourites from this disc are “Pearldrop Sweetness” - which is a nice blend of Ride and Teenage Fanclub, “Speed Up Let’s Go” - which has a very sunny Pop disposition akin to the Mary Tyler Moore theme song “Love is All Around” when the chorus kicks in (I just love it), “Only Being Real” - very dreamy pop with beautiful harmonies, “Heart Shape Sky” and “Worse Things Happen” (listen to that guitar that kicks in halfway, ahhhhh very nice) and who I am kidding, it’s hard to pick favourites from this disc when all the songs are great. Enjoy the Noise …
[Big Star] [Creation Records] [Indie pop] [Superstar] [Ride] [Pop Noise Records] [Thrilled Skinny] [mp3] [Teenage Fanclub] [pop] [The Udagawa Deal]
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Categories: Feature 45, Great Music | Tags: Big Star, Creation Records, Fat Battery, Indie Pop, Pop Noise Records, Ride, Simon Bish, Some Beans, Superstar, Teenage Fanclub, The Udagawa Deal, Thrilled Skinny
