Jess & The Bandits – Kings of Summer
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| Jess & The Bandits - Kings of Summer |
Release Date: Out Now
Now, from the press shot, I was
expecting some goth or at least emo music from this bunch but I couldn’t have
been more wrong. ‘Kings Of Summer’ is a modern take on that country staple of
just celebrating summer that, as catchy as the melody is, has some time
travelling lyrics going on. For example, over the perky acoustic guitars and
jigging beat, Jess sings “ride our bikes to the dairy queen buzzing on our
sugar high” – dairy queen is pure 50s but the concept of a sugar high is far
more recent. Then, as the summer party moves on, Jess recalls “smoking menthols
in the tree house, a polaroid of cool” – colour me confused. Essentially, what
Jess & The Bandits have done is create a collage of the perfect summer
images from the last 70 years and patched them together to create a song that
if not a chart hit then should be snapped up by any holiday company with the
ambition of attracting young families – I’ve got Haven on hold and Centre Parcs
are on speed dial.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/JessAndTheBandits/
Live Dates:
28th July – FSA Festival, Newark
19th August – Nashville Nights, Under the Bridge
27th August – Cottingham Folk Festival,
Cottingham