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Weekly MP3 #4: People Press Play - Hanging On

Man, scoured the internet for a free LCD Soundsystem MP3 and came up with nothing. Dumb. Anyway, figure anyone who wanted to hear last year's Sound of Silver has managed to by now.

No luck with the less popular Lukid either...

So, third try, People Press Play. This song is available to stream or download on their Myspace.

This band's self-title album dredged up a lot of memories of music I really loved about 15 years ago - fairly shoegazey stuff with female vox (Curve, Slowdive, Lush, and, yeah, My Bloody Valentine) - but mixed with elements of dance music and electronica from the intervening period. 'Hanging On' is fairly representative of the album, but, to be honest, isn't a highlight. I like the vocal melody, and the beatbox-ish percussion which always has me wondering if I'm hearing a human or a machine...

Three out of four members of People Press Play have been making music together for 12 years, first as Future 3 and more recently as System, and I've always liked what they've got up to, from earlier trip-hop type gear through the skittery glitchiness of the late 90s to their solo stuff as Dub Tractor, Acustic and Opiate (c.f. some of the backing track's on Björk's Vespertine). I wasn't familiar with the vocalist before, but I've read that she has certainly been releasing music prior to this collaboration.

Labels: music, weekly mp3

Posted at 13:10