New Jersey band Violet Whimsey are led by Ann Kim who wrote this song, the band’s new single, with a little help from a seminar. See, they can work. As she tells it, it all began when she booked an AirBnB in LA. The site recommended a songwriting “Experience” – and having pockets stuffed with jottings (or, if you prefer, hundreds of voice memos of song drafts) but nothing actually totally completed she thought “why not?”
The rest is history – a short six hours later a song that felt authentically Californian was bagged and ready to go. And here it is – an infomercial that explains that, yes we are in love – no, really, that is the case: “come to me and soon you’ll see it was always going to be me“. Well, that seems to be that settled then.
Violet Whimsey have a simple message - they don't care what you think and they're going to live their own life. Not in an Alice Cooper or Sex Pistols way (not even in a Toyah way), but definetly without lisening to all that old "blah, blah, blah". So whilst 'They…
Acid trip Cowboy delivers plenty of whimsy but not a lot of wow The Americana maverick Jim White returns with what he has described as his 'most upbeat, hallucinogenic record to date'. 'Misfit's Jubilee' certainly lives up to this billing; from the first track, it takes a raucous dive into…
Astonishingly accomplished, dreamy debut from County Armagh future star. When it comes to debuts, it’s always interesting to check out who the artist has toured with – knowing that this early live music setting is invaluable and the choice of who they play with says so much. So when we…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
