Saturday 13 March 2010



The second coming of Lucky Soul

(photo: msyaoce.com/luckysoulluckysoul)

You ever have one of those weeks?  If the last seven days could be given a subtitle, it would have to be A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Needless to say, a week away from the daily grind is going to be a welcome reprieve to the bull I’ve been dealing with lately, and I’d certainly like to make the most of it.  I haven’t been in much of a musical mood lately, hence the sparse posts this week, but things look like they’re getting back on track thanks to the sparkling return of London’s Lucky Soul.  Their sophomore disc, A Coming of Age, is going to be out on April 5, but being the lucky soul I am, I have a copy of it now, and it’s quickly turning in to the go-to album for me when I need a little pick-me-up.  I’m hoping that over this next week I’ll get a chance to give it a proper QBiM SPiNS review, but for now, you can tide yourself over on the title track, which the band made available as a free download a few weeks back.

It was almost a whole year ago when the band released “Whoa, Billy!” and they’ve recently premiered the video for the disc’s next single, “White Russian Doll”.  Frank Chromewaves thinks the song owes a debt of influence to The Smiths (yeah I hear it, too) but I’m still drawn to the uncanny similarity between Ali Howard’s voice and that of another London based chanteuse, Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne.  What do you think?

MP3: Lucky Soul “Whoa, Billy!”
MP3: Lucky Soul “A Coming of Age”
Video: Lucky Soul “White Russian Doll”
Myspace: Lucky Soul





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