Posted on May 29, 2009, 5:58 pm

I've posted it and now it's over to you

Posted on June 1, 2009, 8:50 am

weel listening spolit by my work headphones only being "mono" !! doh...reminded me of Prefab Sprout a bit....! no greta shakes for me im afraid. Some pumping Bass tomorrow please Ade...mwa mwa..

Posted on June 1, 2009, 10:00 am
Last edited on June 1, 2009, 10:05 am

Just back from Penrith, Phew, what a blast!

Hope the audio journalism was everything you'd hoped and the Wychwood was the best yet.

I liked this very much; I dare say the "Punk" aspect is to do with the way they look or the expletives, I hear none of it in the sound.The arrangement is very soupy.

Ambitious sound of this kind needs expert production and lots of space which this lacks and badly lets the band down.

I hope they stick with the ambition and find a "Techy" who has studied Brian Eno.

Posted on June 1, 2009, 1:29 pm

Quite shocked by this. The Smilex I know and love is a high octane splurge of guitar noise and filth - music to crash your car to.

They have obviously taken a new direction. Interesting. It does get better after a few listens. However much I liked them in the '7' period, I never thought they would 'make it' in any way other than being one of my favourite local bands (even if they deserved more). Maybe this less rowdy approach could make me re-assess that.

Posted on June 1, 2009, 3:30 pm

To be honest Coolnoise this track is not representative of their last EP, but about the only one I dared play!!