Charity Children - Empty Vicious Nights (Monkey Records)
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| Charity Children - Empty Vicious Nights |
A pair of Kiwi buskers rock up in
Berlin to make a name for themselves on the German Indie scene. You're thinking
what I'm thinking aren't you? Flight of Das Conchords? Ja? Nein. It is, in
fact, Charity Children - a pair of indie-folk musicians who have built up a
huge reputation on the busking circuit before graduating to the live scene.
This new single, 'Empty Vicious Nights', is a slice of up-tempo, minor key folk-pop
that could easily be PJ Harvey singing with Van Morrison orchestrating the
music. The tune builds so gently that you don't even notice it but, by the end,
the layers combine to create a sense of spirit, attitude and sneer that I find
infectious. My only criticism is that the vocal melody can get a bit repetitive
but it's a catchy melody with engaging lyrics so it's a minor criticism at
most. This is proof positive, however, that artists that spend days, weeks and
months just playing their music will undoubtedly come up with good quality
songs that have something original shining in the middle of them.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/CharityChildren
Live Dates:
11th July - Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin