On their promising debut, The Noyelle Beat, the young Sheffield trio Standard Farestruggled to nail a wobbly sound, one that veered between wide-eyed Rainer Maria emo and tart-tongued, caffeinated indie pop. I saw them at New York City’s Cake Shop, ground zero for still-forming indie pop bands, and they were bursting with energy that didn’t quite make it into their record. The album’s highlights— “Fifteen (Nothing Happened)”, in which lead singer and bassist Emma Kupa struggled mightily with her temptation to sleep with a 15-year-old, or “Philadelphia”, where she waited a year to revisit an overseas fling in the titular city— hit upon an acidic, wide-eyed middle ground. One their stellar, charming follow-up, they sound like a band who has figured exactly how to braid together the different corners of their record collection.
I think this review has it backward: the debut is much more polished and high-energy. LP2 is pretty ramshackle (and less emo) in comparison. But I’m glad to hear it called “stellar” and “charming”!
This completely gushing review awards the band a 7.1, because deserving emo/indie-pop records don’t get BNMs? You tell me. (#hospitality)
I’m rooting really, really hard for this band. The Noyelle Beat is one of the few records of the last couple years I actually have an emotional relationship with.
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raptoravatar said:
Didn’t cloud nothings get bnm like 3 weeks ago?
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