Stars And Sons : 'If It’s Good For Me'
Released: 12th April 2010
Label: Twice Burnt Records
I feel like Stars And Sons are the sort of band that I really shouldn’t like, dealing, as they do, with jangly indie stuff and vocals reminiscent of forgettable ‘90s indie also-rans. That should spell a recipe for disaster, no? Why then, do I not hate this?
I guess because everything in it is ridiculously catchy. Pianos offset the verse before taking the lead in chorus breakdowns over choppy guitars. The vocals are borderline instantaneously sing-a-long and there’s a bridge that veers from laid back to theramin–shredding insanity. All in all there is far too much going on, though cleverly arranged and spaced, for this to be anything other than enjoyable.
Coming with it are three remixes including a decent but quite standard piece from Mike Mago, an interesting but slightly redundant feeling indie-pop make-over (isn’t that the magic bus stop we are at anyhow?) from Twin Kings and a shorter, sharper and vaguely electonic piece from The Blueskies that I can’t quite work out.
Expect, potential big festival hit that you may never want to hear again post Reading/Leeds. Live it up in the meantime!
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