The Invisible

The Invisible is made up of members of Matthew Herbert's band, the producer Zongamin, and spearheaded by Dave Okum. What started out as David's solo side project quickly morphed in to a fully fledged album project after the initial sessions showed promise.

The end result is an album that is beautiful, full of groove and throughout, has songs which evoke intensity yet still feel kind of accessible. It has been described as the British TV On The Radio with touches of Hot Chip, based on the funk groove, dense mood and soul vocal that simmer throughout. Standouts for me include "London Girl", "OK" and first single "Monster's Waltz".

The Invisible - OK
The Invisible - London's Girl

The Invisible Myspace

BRAIN CHILDREN

Brain Children is the... um, brainchild (oh I get it now, mahaha...) of Mikey Squires from Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Max Crumbs from Catcall. As it stands I've only heard 3 of their songs, two of which are posted on their space, but all 3 are very diverse. You can definitely see the influence from Crumbs' Catcall style of synthy electro music production, but it's all executed with Eddy Current vocals to take away that very poppy female vocal feel of Catcall, giving it an awesomely original sound.

They have a 6 song debut EP on it's way soon (very I hope) but in the meantime check out the below track and wet your palette with a taste of Brain Children's Guts... eewwww!

Brain Children - Guts (Zshare)

Brain Children Myspace



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FRENCH MIAMI

I know what you're thinking, it sounds like a teen pop electro group, but don't be put off by the name. This 3 piece out of San Fransisco has a raw post-punk feel to their tunes which draws comparisons from a bands like These New Puritans, fellow San Franners The Fucking Champs and even Joy Division (singer Jason Heiselmann's vocals sound remarkably like Ian Curtis in many of their tracks).

I hear their live performnces are amazing with both front-men switching between guitars and synths (sometimes both at the same time!) throughout their set, but I'm yet to see a live show as the band is yet to really create much of a following in Aus, but I think this band is definitely one to keep an ear out for.

Below I've posted my favourite track of their debut, self-titled album which is available to buy on iTunes.

French Miami - Science Fiction (Zshare)

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