Last week, Skep Wax Records (run by Amelia Fletcher & Rob Pursey) released their new compilation ‘Under The Bridge’. Essential listening for any Sarah Records fans, it’s made by all the bands which made the label iconic. Some are under new guises but the personal and therefore, the love, remains.
The single & compilation are available to buy on their Bandcamp page.
This week we will be reviewing our favourite tracks. Today we focus on indie supergroup Jetstream Pony. Made up of Beth Arzy (Aberdeen/Luxembourg Signal), Shaun Charman (The Wedding Present/The Popguns), Kerry Boettcher (Turbocat), and Hannes Müller (The BV’s).
Their featured track ‘Strood McD F.C’ was recorded at Sunny Studio in East Sussex and is taken from their mini-album ‘Misplaced Words’. The recording studio and title track couldn’t be more apt as Arzy’s utilises cut and paste lyrics on this sunlit track indebted to Medway.
The Byrds-esque jangle quickly crashes into the bass power of Sonic Youth to create a unique sense of lysergic punk. Maybe all bands should be based in Brighton and Croydon as this clash of styles are superb! At times, it’s as though Gedge, Andy Bell, and The Shirelles are playing Sonic Youth covers in the garage for no one but themselves, it’s that carefree.
Arzy’s vocals just keep going from strength to strength in what is, an already staggering career. Her angelic tones are omnipresent but here, a laid-back smoky soul music affair meanders in to open audiences up to yet more divinity.
The album is available to buy on Skep Wax’s Bandcamp page
You can catch most of the bands at their two all-day gigs this April. Click the image for tickets:
