Rocket Girl I have fond memories of corresponding with head Rocket Girl Vinita back in the 1990s, those heady days of hand-folded seven-inch singles and US imports being posted out from their East London lair for the equivalent cost of a second class stamp in today’s over-inflated mail costs. That the little notes nearly always came from her and would also include suggestions of bands to whom she […]
Füxa
Rocket Girl I listened to this without looking at, without even seeing the title and it was still the first chimes of Summer. This is Spacemen 3 warm, a kind of druggy depth that might almost be twee if it wasn’t so headstrong, so sure of where it was going. I feel like I’ve spent over a year listening to Autumn and Winter records. The Tory/Lib Dem coalition […]
Label: Rocketgirl/Mind Expansion Format: CD Füxa‘s sixth album finds Randall Nieman‘s particular take on guitary synth music (or perhaps, synthy guitar music) developed yet further into a sound of drones and melodies which insinuate their way into the background and back again. Aided by the steadfast drumming of Drew Peters and occasional low-key vocal contributions from Stephen Lawrie and Jo Doran, Supercharged will more than likely have started […]