Tramplord is Bin Raisbeck’s project.
Amply and ably assisted by such luminaries as Tim Whelan and Hami Mantu (Transglobal Underground), Jim Dale (Goldheart Assembly) and Adam Blake (Cornershop).
Tramplord’s new album “Petulant Sounds” – (produced by Transglobal Underground and Goldheart Assembly) is out this month.
It twists and turns its way through a 70’s new wave love of pop, 80’s electronica and infectious harmonies.
Lead single Beached [see below] – featuring Adam Blake from Cornershop on sitar, has already had plays on both BBC6 Music (Lamacq) and Xfm (Hattie Pearson, Eddy Temple-Morris) – and has been described as “A nice little oddity” with “refreshingly honest lyrics.”
The album consists of a bundle of 15 tracks – the songs spring from idea-to-idea (and genre-to-genre) like a bunch of school-ground Scotch-hoppers.
Track names are punnishly based on the greatest of Beach Boys Hits.
We had a listen:
‘Goodbye Stations’ is crisp and clean – with waves of sound crashing against the gravel coasts of rhythm.
The voice (and in fact the entire production) sounds familiar – very reminiscent of fresh, cutting edge (yet cottony) Kirsty MacColl in vocal quality and timbre.
And, yes, of course, you will recognise the Kate Bush-quality rippling piano. And the Duane Eddy-style guitar … which will twang and burn deep inside your muscles. It all makes you feel mellow and joyed.
‘Fin Fin Fin’ is bold and psychedelic.
With huge drums and auburn vocals.
Not surprisingly, the harmonies are magnificent. And the voices are stitched together by jangles of sitar-like sounds.
Lovers of early Move (Carl Wayne era) will enjoy this.
‘Beached’ sounds far more formal than Fin Fin Fin. Less folk – a real dance rhythm is produced – and it reminds us of Bowie.
But there are other interesting touches here too: Squeeze type keyboard twinkles and chewy guitar twangs that will get your synapses spinning.
This is a nostalgic compendium of brit-rock. Full of upbeat messages about the best of times – and the worst of times. But without the pain. Or the ache of longing.
@neilmach © 2014
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https://www.facebook.com/Tramplord/
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