New Music From The Big Pink
The Big Pink's 'A Brief History Of Love' comes out in September - and you should probably be anticipating its release.
The London duo known as The Big Pink first met at a turn-of-the millennium party, bonding over a drunken discussion of their favorite bands. They no doubt discussed the minimal drone of Suicide, the synthetic charm of the Cocteau Twins and maybe even The Jesus and Mary Chain. I know it's a bit of a cop-out to compare a band to The JAMC, but the influence of their guitar sound has seemed to eclipse the importance of the band itself these days, and singer/guitarist Robbie Furze does happen to possess that, "I'm drunk, please love me" voice Jim Reid mastered so well.
Taking their name from The Band's debut album, Music From The Big Pink, Cordell and Furze were quickly snatched up earlier this year by seminal British indie label 4AD - a fitting partnership considering the Cocteau Twins are/were fellow label mates. "Too Young Too Love" is the debut single, and upon first listen could very well be the macho response to "Half Asleep" by School Of Seven Bells. Further listening reveals more of an ode to The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows," kicked up a bit with a nice tribal electro beat. Either way, a pleasant little love song.
The Big Pink's debut album, A Brief History Of Love, was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York and will be out in September.
Posted by Joe Roth on Jul 07, 2009 @ 9:00 am