stopping and staring with fenech-soler…
It’s interesting how the electronic pop resurgence has started to evolve. In the beginning of the last decade, we had electroclash which was basically a lazy rewrite of anything from 1979-1981 featuring bad vocals, bad clothes and even worse songs. Fast forward from there and slowly but surely, the songs, production and overall presentation got a whole lot better as the focus sharpened largely in part to the bands getting serious about their craft. Today, the assault on the mainstream is well underway as quality bands seem to reveal themselves every week. Of course, the majority of them are coming from Europe as America once again plays catch-up. One such new act comes to us from the north of London called Fenech-Soler.
Already with a couple of singles under their belt, the band made up of brothers Ben & Russ Duffy along with Dan Soler and Andrew Lindsay, are putting the pop world on notice with their glimmering brand of electro. Their latest creation is a simply wonderful slice of new wave heaven called Stop And Stare. Clean production and dramatic crescendos are what grabbed my attention on this track. If I had to compare what I’ve heard from Fenech-Soler to any of the new breed we’ve been hearing especially in the last year, I would have to say they remind me a bit of Delphic as they share a similar polished sound though Fenech-Soler are a bit more upbeat and groovier.
Just another one to watch in 2010…It’s a great year thus year, wouldn’t you say?
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