The new clip from
Lisa Mitchell (above, left) couldn't get much more painfully cutesy. A waifish Mitchell lives in a laundromat dryer where she pines for the boy who comes in to wash his clothes and...drink tea from a thermos.
*Blush*.
As a surprisingly effusive fan of her first EP I was kind've hoping for her album to reveal the depth that was hinted there, but...if it does it's not revealing itself on first listen. 'Coin Laundry' has some nifty production quirks and a lovely, ethereal quality to the chorus...but it never moves beyond it's promising opening. Maybe it's the combination of the twee video as well but a vague patchwork of folky phrases and gay abandon doesn't translate much beyond being a pretty soundtack for shampoo commercials. And laundromats.
Lisa Mitchell - 'Coin Laundry'
myspace.com/lisalisamitchell
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Melbourne vein-poppers
The Nation Blue are releasing their third album,
Rising Waters, on August 7th, and as always they've some sweet footage to go with. Having a video director in the band is handy it seems.
'The Making of
Rising Waters' has the band being typically candid about the process, as well featuring input from engineer/producer Matt Voigt. I love this kind of stuff.
Roll on:
The Nation Blue - 'Making of
Rising Waters'
myspace.com/thenationblue
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Ok so this isn't a
new video for Perth band
The Leap Year (above, right) exactly, but they have just announced their first ever tour to the East Coast of their country where they'll play...Melbourne. Rigorous. We haven't posted it here before so it seems a good a time as any to introduce you to this excellent intricate guitar outfit. Via a noir/sci-fi vid. I'm not sure what it has to do with their song 'The National Anthem' (from last years
With A Little Push, A Pattern Appears LP) exactly, but it does feature a giant man-fly in a wheelchair and cojoined twins. 'Nuff said.
THE LEAP YEAR - MELBOURNE TOUR DATES 2009
Jul 24 - The Old Bar Fitzroy, VIC
Jul 25 - Edinburgh Castle,
with A Friend of Mine Brunswick, VIC
Jul 26 - Empress, with A Friend of Mine North Fitzroy, VIC
The Leap Year - 'The Rational Anthem'
myspace.com/theleapyearband