Listening to Metronomy – Nights Out
January 23rd, 2009 by Daniel Young | Filed under Music.
Metronomy - cool UK band
A friend tipped me off about this band. Hailing from ‘London via Brighton (by way of Devon)’, Metronomy combine the sounds of New Order, Brian Eno, Pulp, electro and synth beats into a very original and engaging sound.
I first played the album while assembling an outdoor table for my balcony - the instructions weren’t very clear and the table is still wonky. This music – which is kind of fractious and random at times – wasn’t helping me stay calm during the surprisingly challenging assembly (three components) process but I have since grown to love it. I think these guys appeared in the Sydney Festival recently - sorry to have missed them.
The album ends on a playful instrumental ditty and its the icing on the cake. Cool name too.
Going to see the legend who is Neil Young on Satuday at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney and can’t wait. He is supported by My Morning Jacket.
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Crazyness. You followed my twitter.com/festivalalert. I then checked my facebook inbox and got a message from Popscene telling me metronomy was playing in San Fran tonight. So I started playing them on myspace then followed your twitter url to this blog and who would have thought….Metronomy.
They are obviously going to be huge!