SummersRadio™ It's My Party! Saint Etienne - 'Over The Border'/ 'I've Got Your Music' (official video)
Today is my birthday and while I'm not having a party per se I've got at least two related posts planned before I become comfortably numb and/ or too sedated to post anything! :)
If you check out SummersRadio™ regularly you probably already know that London's Saint Etienne are one of my all time favorite bands - and their latest album 'Words And Music By...' (released in May) is one of the finest of their career. It's basically a concept album about music - which when you think about it isn't as common as one might initially think.
Bob Stanley has said that 'The general theme of the album is marking a route in your life through music' - hence the map on the cover art - which contains a total of 312 song titles! The opening track 'Over The Border' is my most favorite - as Sarah Cracknell's voice is always beautiful - but it's equally magical when she speaks (which we rarely get to hear) and here she tells a brief history of her life in music. Naturally I can relate as my entire life has revolved around music - every song is a memory - so many albums are a part of me.
So 'Over The Border' is a fitting birthday post song - as she talks about getting older - and doing so many things that I remember vividly as well - buying my first records - memorizing charts - and so on. It's an exquisite song that any massive music lover at any age can relate to... Enjoy!
Bonus Track/ New Video! 'I've Got Your Music' is the second single and video (I hope that 'Over The Border is the third!) released from their new album. The concept for the video is a simple but effective one - the band invited fans to send them a video clip of you holding up the cover of one of your all time favorite records. It's fun to see how many you can recognize - and I'm clearly not the only fan who also loves fellow Londoners the Pet Shop Boys as well... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Flow Machines!
SummersRadio™ New Music + Free Download! Flow Machines - 'I Was Born On Christmas Day'/ 'Any Other Day' Seasons Greetings Humans! Today we present the third post in our Christmas trilogy - and also our third free download Christmas gift! Obviously I didn't make these gifts myself - the artists have - but Christmas is about sharing, so I'm honoured to share their fine music with you!
Flow Machines are an indie electronic pop band from Manchester that have released a cover of one of my most favorite Christmas songs - Saint Etienne's 'I Was Born On Christmas Day'. 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' was first released in 1993 - a duet between Saint Etienne's wonderful vocalist Sarah Cracknell and The Charlatans Tim Burgess. Today is also Bob Stanley's birthday (one third of Saint Etienne's trio), so the songwriting is apt! :)
Flow Machine's cover features the guest vocals of Louise Turner who also sang on Elbow's album 'The Seldom Seen Kid'. If this charming cover is to your liking you can download a limited copy for free from the band's official website here: http://www.flowmachines.com/
Their cover sounds a bit the Human League covering Saint Etienne - which makes sense considering that their debut single in 2008 was a cover of the Human League classic b-side 'Hard Times'. This is the fun video for 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' which features an awesome - and well synchronized - collection of 'found footage' of old school toys (the shifty eyes on Action Man are highlarious!) and memories from Christmas's past... Enjoy!
Flow Machines are set to release their new album called 'Hi-Res' on January 14th - and they released the first single from it last month - this is the video for 'Any Other Day'... Enjoy!
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Flow Machines are an indie electronic pop band from Manchester that have released a cover of one of my most favorite Christmas songs - Saint Etienne's 'I Was Born On Christmas Day'. 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' was first released in 1993 - a duet between Saint Etienne's wonderful vocalist Sarah Cracknell and The Charlatans Tim Burgess. Today is also Bob Stanley's birthday (one third of Saint Etienne's trio), so the songwriting is apt! :)
Flow Machine's cover features the guest vocals of Louise Turner who also sang on Elbow's album 'The Seldom Seen Kid'. If this charming cover is to your liking you can download a limited copy for free from the band's official website here: http://www.flowmachines.com/
Their cover sounds a bit the Human League covering Saint Etienne - which makes sense considering that their debut single in 2008 was a cover of the Human League classic b-side 'Hard Times'. This is the fun video for 'I Was Born On Christmas Day' which features an awesome - and well synchronized - collection of 'found footage' of old school toys (the shifty eyes on Action Man are highlarious!) and memories from Christmas's past... Enjoy!
Flow Machines are set to release their new album called 'Hi-Res' on January 14th - and they released the first single from it last month - this is the video for 'Any Other Day'... Enjoy!
You can keep up with Flow Machines on Facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/flowmachines?sk=info
'You like?'™ Become a fan of SummersRadio™'s Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/SummersRadio/199636386720349
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