Monday, 5 May 2014

Ellis Island

                                               Russian immigrants, Ellis Island, early 20th century

The new lp from Ellis Island Sound is quietly turning into one of my favourites of this year so far. One half of Ellis Island Sound is Pete Astor (The Loft, The Weather Prophets) but there's nothing remotely 80s Creation about Regions. This is rhythm led and takes it's influences from all over the place- skittering drums, horns borrowed from ska records, African sounding guitar parts, some dub bass, steel drums, glockenspiel, reminiscent of 1980 Talking Heads in tone. The single Intro, Airbourne, Travelling is excellent and out now. Posting any one single song doesn't really give an idea about how varied this album is either but try this one.

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6 comments:

  1. Conrad 5 May 2014 at 09:14

    Needed some new music. Saw this. Downloaded after listening to the iTunes previews.

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  2. Echorich5 May 2014 at 18:34

    Pretty damn wonderful!!

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  3. phil spector6 May 2014 at 22:36

    Oh aye! This gets a McCartney-esque double thumbs aloft.

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  4. phil spector6 May 2014 at 22:43

    ...and sod it, I've just bought it from iTunes. Could've waited until I was in a proper record shop 'n all that, but heaven knows how long that'll be. Haven't been this impulsive since I bought a Mega City 4 7" without hearing it. (Clear Blue Sky (Skies?), if you want to know).

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  5. Swiss Adam7 May 2014 at 17:57

    Viva impulsiveness! Mega City Four were never really my cup of tea. Not that I ever knowingly heard them.

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  6. Echorich8 May 2014 at 01:37

    Mega City 4! I liked Clown, but the singer's voice could do my head in after a while.

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