Is this not the one of the creepiest-looking bands you’ve ever seen? Dude on the right looks like he’s just moments away from crushing that milk bottle with his bare hands and launching glass shards ninja-star-style into the back of dude in the middle’s head. Dude on the left will probably hide in the corner and do whatever lame defensive moves those accountant-types do while dude on the right breaks a tray over his head in a really unfunny, non-slapstick kind of way. Tell me you don’t see it too.
Having said that, I’m pretty sure Young Knives are just a British indie band who play likeable, plucky, and appropriately self-deprecating tunes, their latest single, Up All Night, succeeding comfortably in all these areas. It was released yesterday on Transgressive Records, and in typical Transgressive fashion, you can pick up the CD single, and two 7” vinyls in a reasonably-priced bundle here. Their new album, Superabundance, is being released on March 10th.
In other Young Knives news, they’re playing a show with everybody’s favourite new band, Vampire Weekend, in Manchester on Wednesday night. I really want to hate Vampire Weekend, for three main reasons: 1. They’re ridiculously over-hyped, 2. They mention Peter Gabriel, and 3. I’m not on a freaking tropical island, stop trying to make me feel like I am! Of course, I can’t hate them because they’re adorable. And so is this remix.
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes remix)
- bec
I’m reminded of the old adage “if it’s white and in a bottle it tends to be milk” - I see the old scene you describe and I also see the easy-to-clean wall tiles and stainless steel body tray - was that shot in a morgue?