You Crazy Dreamers |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2009 07:45 AM PDT 
Something slightly different from me this time. For those of you who listen to my Simple folk show on radioreverb.com will over the past year or so heard us air a session by Joe Gideon & the Shark which was recorded a while back. I always meant to put them up here but somehow life got in the way at those moments but after seeing them live very recently I have put a halt to everything to make sure I write about them now. Joe and Viva, a brother and sister duo make up the band. Joe on vocals and guitar, Viva on everything else, Drums, keys, vocal, all played from behind her drum kit and often simultaneously. It’s impossible to imagine how just two people can create a sound this brilliant, a sound that for me is impossible to describe as I hear so many influences in it. At their loudest reverberating best I hear some LCD soundsystem, The Fall and when Joe talks/sings he reminds me of Smog and on the outstanding track, Anything you love that much you will see again, well that’s just uniquely theirs. On the track Kathy Ray, a song about a woman who was a backing singer for the Eurythmics and Ray Charles, Joe’s narrative about her has you listening intently but then has you laughing at it’s unexpected turn, or at least it did me. There’s a few tracks like this on their debut album Harum Scarum, serious overtones with a humorous undertone, these are the most original band I’ve heard in a long long time and it’s so refreshing. Currently on a UK tour after having supported Nick Cave and the Bad seeds and more recently Seasick Steve. I think that 2009 is the year they are going to break through to a more mainstream audience but I urge you to go and see them live if you get the chance as they will blow you away. Officially my new favourite band (until next week). Enjoy. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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