Dead Pixels – So You Say
Dead Pixels are like some sort of grand project to foster harmony between nations. There are only five of them, but between them they draw on backgrounds in Egypt, France, Denmark and the UK. Given that array of cultural input, it comes as some small surprise to find that the musical references are pinned to a bunch of mainly British bands in the late 70s and early 80s, rather than creating some overarching world music vision.
The story goes that Danish singer Lone Blomhoj – who has a touch of Bowwowow’s Annabella Luwin and a smidgen of Toni Halliday about her her raw but soulful technique – was spotted by singing while working in a clothes shop and persuaded to sing on a few demo tracks. Rakes drummer Lasse Petersen also pops up to make a guest appearance on their recordings, adding his thunderous thud to the electronic beats.
Today’s track of the day So You Say is the B-side to next single Words Are Poison and was given a little extra sparkle by former Sneaker Pimp Liam Howe. It owes much to the post-punk clicking guitars of XTC, The Skids and even The Beat; Lone sounds frantic and feisty as she tires of excuses in a failing relationship over whipping synth drums not heard since the first wave of industrial electro-pop of the early 80s.
Words Are Poison/So You Say is released digitally on Monday (December 8) with a physical release early in the new year.
12:13 PM | 02/12/2008
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Fantastic track!
Posted by Neil Brown at 1:14 PM | 02/12/2008 | Report Abuse
Love it!
Posted by Isabelle at 6:29 PM | 04/12/2008 | Report Abuse
woo woo woo Loney! Awesome Track!
Posted by JAMIE JAMIE JAMIE at 4:23 PM | 05/12/2008 | Report Abuse
The statement FORMER Sneaker Pimp is not correct (though understandable).
They have not been disbanded, just too busy with other music jobs to tour, at the moment, but new releases are still a possibility.
Posted by geo cover at 11:03 AM | 04/01/2009 | Report Abuse
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