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Features Disc of the day
Moose
Honey Bee
(Play It Again Sam, 1994)
A cherishable pop gem from the Last Days Of Indie, avant le Britpop deluge.
The term “shoegazing” was allegedly coined* to describe an early Moose gig (vocalist Russell Yates had his lyrics taped to the floor; guitarist K.J. “Moose” McKillop was hypnotised by his stomp boxes) but it was a “style” the band had already moved beyond by the time their debut album, …XYZ, emerged in 1991. The sophisticated, country-flecked indie pop of that record’s exquisite Little Bird pointed the way to a genteel hybrid – recalling Felt’s early ’80s attempts to rehabilitate ’60s West Coast paradigms, but stirring a soupçon of country and Burt Bacharach into the mix. It got them dropped by Virgin-funded “mindie” (major-indie, keep up!) Hut, but stood them in good stead for their 1994 follow-up, which happily aped the first even down to the collage cover art. The whole thing is like rolling through bluebells, ever so faintly aware of the absurd cheesiness of the scene (well that’s what Meringue’s “badabadabaaa”s are saying to me), drunk on skippy, syncopated acoustic guitars, marimbas, flutes and dreamy, Cocteaus-lite atmospheres, with the same impossible hipstress fantasy figure that haunts all post-punk fey-pop. In the middle, presiding like a pop emperor who knows he’s the shiznit, sits I Wanted To See You To See If I Wanted You, Moose’s best ever song, and UK pop’s best entry in the Forever Changes Emulation Olympics. Better than its title, if such a thing can be imagined.
*In Sounds magazine, reckons Wikipedia. Others say NME. Anyone know for sure?
Danny Eccleston
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/02/2009
Further Listening
Moose – …XYZ (Hut, 1991)
Felt – Ignite The Seven Cannons (Cherry Red, 1985)
The Colourfield – Virgins & Philistines (Chrysalis, 1985)
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This slapdash, boilerplate piece of writing exemplifies the extent to which MOJO's editorial standards have fallen off a cliff in recent years.
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