My friend Mario romanticises the British music scene and often jokes that for somebody living in London my music taste is a little Americanised. My counter argument is that there is no reason to limit my taste with so much good music coming from around the world and besides, with The Killers sounding like an 80s synth pop, Kings Of Leon sounding like a stadium rock band and countless British bands sounding like they hail from Long Island music is a global phenomenon now more than ever.
I decided to run a little test on him by playing a band that had recently been sent through to my inbox knowing that their spacious instrumentation and introspective melodies would appeal to his palette. The band in question is Mother/Father and the EP they sent me is really quite impressive. What I didn’t tell my friend was that the band he was listening to hail from the home of Country music Nashville and I think he was slightly gobsmacked when he found out.
The 3 tracks on display are full of layered guitars borrowing from the post punk movement of the early 80s and the new wave revival in 2000 whilst the vocals bring to mind an American fronted Echo And The Bunnymen with glimpses of British Sea Power. Clearly a lot of care went into recording these tracks. With their built to stay melodies Mother/Father go way beyond what the average up and coming band is producing nowadays. Given the opportunity to record more songs and grow this band may well be ones to watch.
MP3’s:
Mother/Father – The Bells Above
