At first it looks like this long-haired-and-beardy chap has got a Devendra Banhart thing going on, but then he plugs in an electric guitar and gets all rock epic on our faces. For some reason, he reminds me of Prince. That is always a good thing.
View “Time of Eternity” video here (sorry, no embedding allowed – but this song is amazing)
Label mates with last week’s Mumford and Sons as well as popular dance rockers White Lies, Local Natives like their Fleet Foxes chanting and shoe-gazing pastoral. Between you and me, they’re not actually British (they’re from LA), but they’re only signed in the UK right now. They will be playing in Toronto on Nov. 24 at El Mocambo if you want to see some post-colonial pop in action.
Warmsley has a good chance of breaking into the mainstream with poppy numbers like “Dirty Blue Jeans”, but the kid’s got more depth to him. Elsewhere, like on “Loose My Cool”, he comes across like a more sanguine Of Montreal. Or on other tracks he’ll break out the 808 and sound (and look) like a techno tinged Graham Coxon.
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I agree that King Charles is excellent, but I think I like “Love Lust” more – http://www.myspace.com/kingcharlesuk