Snazzy Vol.10 with Noah and the Whale, Broken Records, FrYers, Teenagers and more

By Tim • March 3, 2008 • Mixtapes, News & Leaks

The Snazzy compilations have been left a little unattended since October (that is 3 quick months), but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been collecting great tunes to put on this latest update. Here we’ve got some of the sweetest songs you can imagine from Noah and the Whale and Lykke Li, along with the best band to come out of Edinburgh for a long long time, namely Broken Records, and some more crackers that have been sitting in my ‘To Post’ pile for far too long. My dissertation is now over, all finished with a night with no other than Erol Alkan (MySpace) which was just fucking awesome – but more on that in the next Electricity post.

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Lykke Li has created a cute, minimal track with just piano chords and percussion and such a fantastic childlike voice.

Noah and the Whale have been featured on TBW before, and for good reason – they are one of the most interesting bands currently coming out of the UK. The slow, sad ballad of the first half of the song breaks into an up-beat catchy delight that defines my views on the band.

Broken Records come out of my home town, Edinburgh, and finally give me a local band worth promoting. The piano, and distorted emotive singing style and what sound like orchestral chords add depth to a simple yet beautiful song.

Death to Anders have an album that flits between genres, but here is where I think they find their sound – reminding me of early Shins records that will get your foot tapping.

The Paper Cranes have and album out in a week and although it may be a little difficult to get hold of – it will be worth it – just listen to the piano and guitar driven melody on this from their first EP to understand what I mean.

The Dodos are a band that I humm’d and harr’d with at first, as they just sounded a little too chaotic. The drums don’t, on first listen, sound in time, and the whole thing sounds a quite a lot like a band jamming session. However, it really really grows on you and the chaos of the track just adds to its character with the band sounding like making the track was a lot of fun.

FrYers have been in my to post pile for far too long, as this track is catchy as hell. It is a great pop record that puls away form the crowd with the stroytelling and electronic bleeps.

Holy Hail have written a driving rock/pop tune that makes you wantt o move. It’s understated and simple but perfect.

The Teenagers have been getting a lot of press over the last 12 months and for good reason. Here is another of their pop/indie tunes that have created the deserved reputation of one of the most exciting acts to come out of 2007.

Look See Proof brings the pace of the mix up a little bit with a track that reminds me of early Bloc Party with doubletime drumming and sticcato guitars that did and does work very well.

The Fashion offer up a sound that makes me think of Kasabian but improving on their now slightly too mainstream formula.

You can also download the whole mix as a zip file:
Snazzy Vol.10

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