Sunday 3 January 2010

Sounds of 2010

(Morning Star, 3 January 2010)

Kurran and the Wolfnotes
With soothing melodies straight outta San Fran in '67, London-based Kurran and his four-strong band are taking the Crosby, Stills and Nash express to the dizzy heights of hippy songsmithery with their harmony-soaked sound.
Your Four Limbs is all beseeching lyrics and plaintive folky vocals.
Debut single Whatabitch may send the feminists baying, but in truth, the chirpiness of the alt folkers will disarm any heart.
Live, their fragility switches for a raw rocky sound that ignites the stage and is getting folk fans in quite a lather.
Why not join them?
Delphic
Taking the clear chiming notes of New Order and mixing them up with dancey beats, our friends in the north Delphic are flying the Manchester flag with aplomb.
Already off the starting block with last August's single This Momentary, these thoroughly modern musicians are now putting their defining moment Doubt into the hands of the fans, hosting a remix contest online via their website.
As they've also already launched their own iPhone application, when it comes to the future, they're really breaking down the walls - and the beats. Delphic's debut album Acolyte will be released on January 11.

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