Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Little and Red and Awesome

Sometimes we here at ATR fall in love. This doesn't happen so often that it means nothing, but the hope of it keeps us trudging along to A Bar Near You, searching for that sweet sensation amongst the dross of stilted, pretentious art-wave and soporific singer-dirgewriter.

And actually, it's probably too early to profess our love for Little Red, but we've certainly got a crush on these barely-legal kids. It's mainly cause of their sweet-as-candy four-part pop harmonies, backed by simple 60s-style garage rockin'.

Sounds simple, like it's been done before? Well, it probably has, but I haven't seen a band have as much fun with it as these guys. There's four of them ranged across the front of the stage, each taking the lead in turns, while the others jostle to a mike to provide the harmonies. It's all very egalitarian and they seem to know what they're doing, despite their baby faces and school uniforms making them look way too young. Here's a pretty good track:

[mp3 - 3MB] Little Red - Waiting

Check it out, it'll go well for you with a sunny day and your nice pants. Look past the garage-quality recording. Listen for the stomp of the rhythm, the hand-claps, the bouncy pluckd guitar - but mostly, for the pretty harmonies. This is what the band's about. Beach Boys-revival with simple rockin' beats behind it. Though at various other points they get a bit R&B, listen to Speedo on their myspace.

Now, that recording, and the others on their page, don't quite capture the good clean fun of a Little Red show. It's like a refreshing reaction to the hip scene, with influences worn right on their sleeves and barely a trace of irony. Hey, they might get sucked into drugs and women and fall in a heap, but if they keep improving (EP out soon!) then I can almost hear the girls squealing now.

[stream Coca Cola and Speedo from myspace - you won't regret it!]

[catch them at The Espy on Australia Day Eve or, in a nice gig, with The Basics at The Empress on Feb 8th]

1 Comments:

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