Today's New Band - Q Without U
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Today's New Band - Q Without U
As anyone who has spent time stuck in a caravan on a rainy week in Wales will know, Scrabble is the kind of game that only people with giant intellects can really play. All the rest of us just take part, and grind our teeth with frustration as our opponent beats your last move of "dog" with "onomatopoeic", or similar.
That said, these insufferable people are directly responsible for the invention of the video game, allowing us mouth-breathers to be victorious at something, so perhaps they can be spared from utter hatred. Either way, Scrabble champs would take a situation where they were faced with the dreaded "Q" tile in their stride. They've memorised the list of all words spelt using Q without U, you see. Yes, there are 24 of them. No, you won't know what they mean, or ever need to use them. Or know how to.
For those of us with social lives, the only instance of Q without U that will be of any importance is Today's New Band. From Glasgow, like just about every other band of any interest, Q Without U meld super-tuneful guitar rock with whizzy synths into punchy pop songs that, like in ace tune The Deficit Model, tread on the right side of traditional rock without descending into Runrig hell. So, melodic, but not drab, and not taking the easy route. Songs like Our Luck Is A Prostitute are quirky enough, with its soaring chorus, to soar a bit before floating gently back to earth.
Oh, and they say that they're "Like the shit bits of your favourite band", which is a good enough starting point for me.
Listen to their songs on their Myspace page here!
That said, these insufferable people are directly responsible for the invention of the video game, allowing us mouth-breathers to be victorious at something, so perhaps they can be spared from utter hatred. Either way, Scrabble champs would take a situation where they were faced with the dreaded "Q" tile in their stride. They've memorised the list of all words spelt using Q without U, you see. Yes, there are 24 of them. No, you won't know what they mean, or ever need to use them. Or know how to.For those of us with social lives, the only instance of Q without U that will be of any importance is Today's New Band. From Glasgow, like just about every other band of any interest, Q Without U meld super-tuneful guitar rock with whizzy synths into punchy pop songs that, like in ace tune The Deficit Model, tread on the right side of traditional rock without descending into Runrig hell. So, melodic, but not drab, and not taking the easy route. Songs like Our Luck Is A Prostitute are quirky enough, with its soaring chorus, to soar a bit before floating gently back to earth.
Oh, and they say that they're "Like the shit bits of your favourite band", which is a good enough starting point for me.
Listen to their songs on their Myspace page here!
Labels: glasgow, scrabble, synth-o-tronic
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