Hit the Waves
Labrador
2013
Rating: 7.5 vinyl johnsons out of 10
It's been a few years now and I still can't get over the fact that The Mary Onettes are not a garage pop band with a female singer. The name is just goddamn confusing when compared to the music. And the music, like the band, feels very very Swedish.
I had the most random thought while listening to this record - if this band were thirty years older, they'd probably be performing with Midnight Oil. Why Midnight Oil? I have no idea. I think I heard their hit song "Beds are Burning" recently and they've been stuck in my head since. Their fucking singer is just as creepy to me now as he was when I was a kid and once convinced myself he was in the woods with me on one dark night. Anyways, the Mary Onettes don't sound anything like Midnight Oil, instead more like a very poppy version of the Cure. They have a very cool, keyboard and synth driven sound - and by cool I don't mean hip, though that probably also applies. It sounds like music for a breezy fall afternoon.
I actually quite like this, and provided I can get over the name I could see this getting a lot of spins over the next few months.
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