Songs of Advent 4

Dec 11, 2006 · 2 minute read Lucky Soul — Lips Are Unhappy

Observant readers might remember that this song appeared last year.

*thtthhhuppbbt*

I'll put it in again if I want to! It's my blog, and if you don't like it, you can go home!

*chirping crickets*

Oops. Anyway, this gets included in this years list because it's still as ace as it was last Christmas, but more importantly, it was released as a single back in June. So there. If you wanted to attach them to a scene, then it would be UK indie's rediscovery of the Spector sound; with the advent of ProTools, Phil's bag of tricks can be stuffed inside a MacBook (and it leaves the shotgun behind, thankfully enough), thus allowing bands like Lucky Soul to sound spectacular on a smaller budget.

But, enough of the technology! "Shake, shake / shimmy shimmy / shake shake shimmy / Without you!" is one of the lyrics of the year; for all its preposterousness, it strikes to the core of lost love. In a bouncy, bouncy, bouncy type-of-way, of course!

The band release their debut album The Great Unwanted next March, while they have a fabulous new single Ain’t Never Been Cool next month (is that the Be My Baby drum beat being played on the guitar?)!

Tomorrow, an entirely new song! Promise!