3-4-FREE - 08/12/10

Hi everyone, sorry for the rather disjointed state the blog is in at the moment, this should only be the case for another couple of weeks. In the meantime I shall aim to give you just as much content as ever, just at slightly less regular and predictable intervals...

Transmittens - Marfa Texas
http://www.weepop.net/backcat.php

"What's this?" I hear you cry as you lay eyes on the artwork above and hear the hand-claps, school music lesson percussion and cutesy female vocals "an indie-pop track? How very surprising Chris!". To which I reply "go fuck yourself with a rusty spanner, you sarky prick".
Marfa Texas is an excellent track - lo-fi, catchy and eminently smile-raising. It's the opening track on their album We Disappear which has sold out in physical form but is available digitally on their Bandcamp page - http://transmittens.bandcamp.com/ (Hurrah for Bandcamp by the way!).
It is an excellent showcase of the Seattle duo's sparky energy which is now being put to good effect in their new band Seapony (http://www.myspace.com/seaponyband)

Zircon - Monstrous Turtles
http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01558/

And now for something not at all similar - a remix of the music played in Map 5 (Forest of Illusion) of Super Mario World entitled Monstrous Turtles. Whilst Zircon (a.k.a. Andrew Aversa) may not exactly look like a rock star his manipulation of the video game soundtrack makes for awesome listening - epic and flowing, the kind of thing you might hear in a Commodore 64's most terrifying nightmare. Zircon also has a number of other remixes under his belt, including a particularly good re-imagining of 'Flying Heaven' from Super Street Fighter Turbo II but Monstrous Turtles stands head and shoulders above everything else



Futuristic Retro Champions - Jenna

Yep, more indie-pop with female vocals - go fuck yourself with a rusty etc. etc. The final track in today's 3-4-FREE comes from The Futuristic Retro Champions - Scottish purveyors of a wonderful electro-indie-pop that they describe as "a magical pop explosion". Jenna is the best track off their brilliant LaChunky EP , which is now available for free on their Bandcamp (www.retrochamps.bandcamp.com), and includes the rather awesomely titled Kitten With A Loaded Gun. Alas, the band are now splitting after 4 years together although, if you're in Scotland, you will have a couple of chances to see them one last time in the New Year. And I urge you to exactly that if you can - having seen them live a couple of time a few years back I can confirm they are one of the most fun bands ever to watch on stage.

So there you go, another 3-4-FREE for your enjoyment. The next one will be up soon but as I've said before things are a bit hectic at the moment. Best thing to do is to follow me on Twitter @cellardoorchris where I always put up notifications of new blog posts. Which is what I'm about to do now. Toodles!