The Presets

Yeah The Presets were basically inescapable on mainstream radio in 2008/2009.

and Hamilton wrote Straight Lines

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whilst this album has nothing at the "if i know you" level of amazingness it is probably their best record otherwise.

fave bits so far:

- the forward-reverse-forward-reverse-forward-reverse sequence of the chorus of 'promises'

- the fact that 'a.o.' paints sydney more accurately than anything else I've ever read or heard

- the whole sentiment of 'fall'

Seing them live tonight!

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i actually really like this lot.

the mix of hard beats with nitzer ebb styled with shouty vocals, and lush electronica pop hits a lot of my sweet spots.

t/s :- aus electro : midnight juggernauts vs cut copy vs van she vs the presets

i would guess a max of 3 votes should such a poll ever be put in place.

Cut Copy > The Presets > Midnight Juggernauts > Van She

Cut Copy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Midnight Juggernauts > The Presets >>>>>>>> Van She

haha.

expected such responses.

and i almost go with boxedjoys rundown but with less of the '>>' between cut copy and midnight juggernauts as i happen to think the first 2 MJ albums are perfect examples of how to update ELO with modern technology toys.

That new Nicky Van She thing is horrifying, a dead-eyed evocation to fun and release that just comes off as empty, desperate - a zombie chant of ill-convincing "life". ..."Liiiiiiife..."

I loved the first Midnight Juggernaut's album but I went to see them live soon after and it was very much Big Rock Music and it put me off them to the point where I only managed a cursory listen to the follow up and neglected the third. Their frontman released a good EP under the name Turkish Prison earlier this year though which I really liked.

not heard any of the solo projects as mentioned.

when a band starts to break into disparate solo projects then the end is well and truly nigh.

(the 2nd MJ album is full on ELO meets new toys .. never heard the 3rd ... )

KIM's solo career has always been a v functional side product to The Presets.

and Van She only ever had one good song and were tedious as heck live anyway, but Nick's Daft Punk cover, back when VS were a thing, was both excellent and a harbinger of nothing.

Van She put out a couple of decent enough pop singles 2 years ago. I haven't kept up with midnight juggernauts since, like, "road to recovery"

Still like most of the biggest Presets hits but find the dude's voice fairly grating. Cut Copy are one of my favourite local groups ever.

Also, lol at Muscles posting upthread! Whatever happened to that guy.

did not deal well with his elevation from message-board troll to pop star, melted down at his label, made up, faded away

blimey, seems to be a lot of detail that i am clearly not aware of this side of the planet

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P6pJRBYxFI

absolute fucking bangers

these new ones are really brash and ugly and dumb, I love this

whoa, I like Downtown Shutdown better than anything they've done since Pretty Little Eyes

we'll be hearing it in shoe shops for decades to come

these new ones are really brash and ugly and dumb, I love this

― boxedjoy, Friday, 11 May 2018 23:06 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and the album's called hi-viz! it seems they're going hard at the mainstream, which is just fine if the rest of the album is anything like these