Which is one of the most killer huge-guitars/and harmonies slices of power pop I've heard in this otherwise awful year.
Of course the story is more complicated, as you can imagine. And I was unaware of it until last week, when the following e-mail arrived at Casa Simels.
Hey Steve:I was doing a little surfing and found some of your posts and your blog "Floor Your Love".
I recently wrapped and released a new project I thought you might be interested in.
I'm not sure if you remember a band called The Blakes, but if you don't, it was an over the top power pop ode to our love of Jellyfish that I was in right before we started Readymade Breakup in 2003.
Well earlier this year I dug up four half-finished Blakes recordings from back in the day. They were supposed to be the follow-up to The Blakes' debut EP, but we never got a chance to complete them. Then just before the pandemic, we finally finished them up with both the original members of The Blakes as well as members of Readymade Breakup. Leave it to 2020!
We've been calling it Readymade Blakeup. It's four more songs in the vein of The Blakes: big guitars, thundering drums, stacks of vocals, with a twist of that Readymade crunch, jangle and strum.
You can follow the link HERE to check it out (free downloads are available directly at the site). The EP will remain free for all, and if you're feeling it, please consider helping us spread the word. Thanks!
Okay, short critical bottom line -- this stuff is absolutely fantastically great, and I can't believe nobody hipped me to these guys previously. I mean -- wow, this is to die for.
Have I mentioned that I love my phony baloney job sometimes?
2 comments:
The song lives up to the billing. A blast, and nice to here some true power pop on this blog again. I'm off to bandcamp now to check out the rest.
- Paul in DK
Good stuff!
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