Francis and the Lights

This guy is good, I was gonna mention the Peter Gabriel feel to bits of it but I see max already did. Fine Young Cannibals wd be another reference in the clipped 80s funk stakes I guess. Liking "The Top" the best I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CQppNOfNQ

or, like, chromeo

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i cant listen to the video you posted lol work but this is what im saying--chromeo is doing zapp and lisa lisa--admittedly i havent heard all the ospada stuff but that genuinely sounds more like what i think uk funky sounds like than it does like "boogie." but it has the "boogie" keybs.

i mean, the reference points are slightly dif but its basically the same kind of revival-y 80s thing right? its not so much that this is a problem per se -- 'reckless with your love' has been like my most played track this year -- the thing is it feels like it requires so much more work to overcome such a familiar template, so while i dig 'time' i cant imagine these guys dropping an album packed w/ great music or something

xp hmm im relistening but im not so sure its as different from the 80s stuff? the vibe is sooo similar

ryan leslie imo

ehh im not really committed to my position. also i think ive only actually listened to ten strikes

just sent the video to a friend. he said: is like prince meets david byrne meets pee wee herman

lolz

He actually reminds me a lot of Vincent Gallo in that video.

meets pee wee herman

lolz

EXTREME VINCENt GALLO!!

plus like contort yourself uh huh. SO mesmerizing and i wld pay to watch him freak out in slow motion. or like consider it and then not go. good track tho. the singing is...

uh

i mean, arriving late and all, but shit

and, digging through other vids, much less of a novelty thing than "the top" suggests - pretty damn great

Waiting for the show to start. There are 15-25 middle age to senior citizens in the audience. Weird

That's the jewiest band I ever did saw.

It was like the cast of Seinfeld up there. With slocki on guitar.

Matching wool jump suits. Amazing performer.

yeah when i saw him it was a weird mix of like middle aged white dudes, mid 30s boho black chicks, young hipsters of many races

Hardy har har

Ask Jimmy. This was like the fieldtrip from Coocoon.

im saying... i believe you

http://cdn.nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/away-from-home-tour-450x581.jpg

put strawberries on a mix for work a couple months ago (we all did this and agreed not to complain abt anybody else's choices) and now this is super popular. workmates thought it was pretty funny that this song we all sing all the time now is by a not very well known unsigned band from NY.

striking

francis is playing my city in a couple weeks, gonna try to go

strawberries is a jam and a half

http://itllbebetter.com/embed.html

Just started listening to it. Will report. Psyched.

I got these headphones from the library desk and I think they're kind of shit, so the production sounds too thin but I think it's probably just the headphones. Songs seem strong so far.

breakdown @ the end of 'for days' is straight outta peter g

first two songs are duds but it's picked up from there

further proof that i only like the guy when he's doing lite-funk

only like 3 of his songs count as lite-funk!

hurting u get tix to the bowery show?

prob my three favorites then

Can't go to the Bowery show - final the next morning.

ugh, that "it'll be better" sucked. i kinda liked 1 song. it was so schmaltzy

I enjoyed this more when I listened to it again with the lady. I had to get over the initial downer of it not having that freaky prince-like energy. I'm still a little disappointed but the songs are good.

striking was a grower so ill give this more time, but right now there are only a coupla moments that i really dig & everything else is ~~... i didnt like lime/wyn that much either...

Interesting interview that reads a bit like a therapy session:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/04/26/francis-farewell-starlite-interview-drake/

listened to this a couple more times--i think the songwriting is just as strong here as in the past. just not nearly as immediately gratifying as modern promise. much closer to striking.

Get In the Car is creepy as hell - pimp singing to prostitute? Child molester?

ha yeah--both the lyrics & the tune remind me of randy newman

yeah i was pretty underwhelmed by striking until u made a phil collins:prince striking:modern comp. now i prefer it.

he was a good friend is the kind of song you really have to hear a few times, unlike say, night watchman

night watchman is the most phil song on that album tho

or really its the most peter song

but yeah its definitely a grower

phil>peter>prince but that is just me i guess

i mean, i dont really know any prince tbh

This is growing on me A LOT

yes