Orbiting

So Lungs leaked, and it is extremely brilliant. But that was to be expected, so it is a little sad. The power of expectations is sickening, isn't it. There are no surprises left in the world, especially in one where albums leak in parts which leads to a RUINED LISTENING EXPERIENCE.

Anyway, the focus of today is on the death of a pop group. Bellefire started out successful, did amazingly in Ireland, and scratched some sort of success in the UK. But soon after their sophomore album they were no more, despite huge success in Southeast Asia.

Fucking Southeast Asia. Why promote in Malaysia and the Phillipines, when that's about as effective as sending a letter to Radio 1 begging them to playlist VV Brown or Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Perhaps the Bellefire girls only have themselves to blame. Effort and money could have been better spent elsewhere. Sending off one of them to Big Brother could have made at least 2'000 in terms of album/single sales.

But anyway, this is for real. They are no more, and this is not one of those situations where members return a decade later, reassemble and take another crack at an album. This is actual death of a pop act. Cruel, tragic death. Maybe Bellefire died a long time ago, but only today can their true loss be felt.

R.I.P Bellefire.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

WE DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, SERIOUSLY.

Something so great

So we were lazy and were thinking of taking a long break (a usual trend if you've been following this blog) but then something happened.



"Remedy" is like being teleported back and forth between planets where organisms party rabidly in order to live.

And just when we thought we've been hit hard by Little Boots, another wave washes over.



"Tigerlily" is fucking amazing. La Roux managed to outdo Little Boots thanks to their effort of making some of the best songs in recent history.

However, 'the third cut is the deepest' as the folks behind Silent Hill 3's marketing campaign would say.



Oh look here, a random Florence and the Machine album track, and it sounds like 100% pure Jesus. If only you knew how hard we're trying to not mention the utter brilliance of an LQ "Cosmic Love" which we heard on Youtube the other day.

This has been one hell of a month.

Doing it yourself

Thank you once again.

This "music business"

We were feeling pretty down for the past two Mika Nakashima singles and lost interest in writing about her for a while. Behaviour of this sort was caused by the less-than-stellar quality of "Orion" (which became one of her bigger hits) and her latest effort "Over Load". "Orion" was a predictable and uplifting ballad with a kind of a pleasant twangy sound while "Over Load" sounded like a rework of Life minus the brilliant piano intro.

However now that the full single is out, it's obvious the fault is Mika's. She isn't talentless, she's just presented with substandard people to arrange her music. This is a fact, made evident by the Kenmochi Hidefumi remix of the track, which layers her vocals with laidback and more pleasant instruments, giving it a more jazzy and relaxed feel. In other words, it is fucking brilliant.

Then on the B-sides frontier we have the absolutely amazing "No Answer". It has near-perfect arrangements and some very sweet melodies, and hence this possibly made the instrumental more enjoyable than the track itself. Such a strong song, and it's not even mentioned on the single cover nor has it received any advertising.

It's all a major fuck-up if you ask us. The Kenmochi Hidefumi mix should have been the single version, backed up with a second A-side in the form of "No Answer", coupled with two music videos as well, instead of just one pretty low budgeted one done for "Over Load". The woman's last album went platinum for heaven's sake. Give her more.

Digressing for a bit though, it's amazing when you consider that in about slightly more than a year Mika Nakashima will be selling more copies of future albums than Ayumi will.

Ugly old quiche

So what's up lately? Definitely not the Sugababes' career, as Keisha Buchanan digs deeper into the grave of the Sugababes with an angrily bitchy comment on her Twitter.

"Oh we just wanted to give a BIG 2 fingers and a Kiss our Ass to the sad prat who made that YouTube video about Us against GA. Get the **** over it. We like what they do. We Love what we do. We are a completely different band. Who gives a **** if we've had 2 line up changes... Even more reason to show us support & respect because we are still surviving!!!

WE have had Nearly TEN yrs In this industry with with 7 albums 5 number ones HUGE sales across EUROPE not only in the UK. We write. Sing live. We have never Sold our selves out to the media. Who we thank for all their support so far but its never been about that. We're about the music.

Love and support to all the up and coming girl bands. BUT their will only ever be ONE sugababes and even though the last album wasnt A huge hit (lol) Who gives a sh!t. We are not giving up. And we STILL remain (According to OVER ALL SALES) THE BIGGEST GIRLBAND FROM THE UK! Thanks to all our real fans and supporters we love you xxxx "

I don't think any explaining needs to be done. It's just appalling how she reacted to a fanmade Youtube video. Just because you sell more doesn't mean you're not shit, honey. Perhaps it's time Keisha stepped aside, as she's done enough damage to the Suga's reputation, image and discography.

Perhaps it's time to reinstate Siobhan.