new choon roundup

It's slowly made itself a feature here at the Beach, and that would be my two cents worth regarding newly, and yet to be, released music that I have the good fortune of previewing each week. So without further ado, here's this week's new choon roundup:

weezer - Make Believe: Nothing out of the ordinary for weezer here. Unfortunately, the lead single, 'Beverly Hills', is the stand out track.

trembling blue stars - The Seven Autumn Flowers: Is one of the seven flowers audio xanax? Gone is the sense of urgency & turbulence underlying most of 2001's excellent release, Alive to Every Smile. This new found peaceful zone harkens back to Bob Wratten's mellower work with the Field Mice.

architecture in helsinki - In Case We Die: indie glitch pop with obnoxiously child like vox.
VNV nation - Matter + Form: Synthy industrial stuff with a singer whom, upon first listen, I accidentally mistook for Bob Mould with a stuffy nose. Needless to say, I was kind of relieved to learn that I didn't have to suffer through 'wanting to like this' because a Bob Mould project it surely ain't.

john digweed - Choice: Double disc collection of old songs loosely mixed / blended together to create a hit or miss collection of the diggers' personal "classics" like a page straight out of the Back to Mine series. Overall it's a "pretty fun for ol' times sake / trip down memory lane / nostalgia" kind of thing.

j majik - Red Alert: Really running d&b mix, should the mood strike.

the boy least likely to - The Best Party Ever: Twee pop from a band named after a line from a Morissey song kind of sums it up.

audiobullys feat. nancy sinatra - Shot Me Down 12": Two tech housey mixes of the Nancy Sinatra song featured in the opening credits to Kill Bill. Either of these would surely go over pretty well on the dance floor. The first mix pulls from the original in big chunks, where as the 'Lee Cabrera mix' cuts up the source material in a much less straightforward, yet just as enjoyable, fashion.

-shot, neph-