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VILLAGE GREEN MACHINE Ok, the band is a phenomenon, in the rehearsal studio. Really difficult to get gigs though. Really bad!!
So we have decided finally to set up a local residency, and we'll play a load of 60s pop 45s and have a party. And of course Village Green Machine will play. I produce the music, always aiming for a 1960s sound.
Sorry if this feels a bit uptight, I am trying to put it to you in a way I think will be instructive but since this isn't a PT class I'll just chat. Yeah the music business breaks your heart sometimes, it really kicks the shit out of your soul. Dreams get kicked up the gutter.
But, what I like is that the music we make is in a sealed compartment, removed from all the bollocks of the music business. All the let downs, which can be incredibly upsetting and distressing if you want to be a rock & roll star (and know you could be) can't touch the music, which I find in this band is incredibly pure, aggressive, subtle, full of emotion and spirit.
Album review by Shindig!
England's Dreaming Spires, as its title readily suggests, taps into a very specific and cherishable vein of UK popsike. However, while Marks unadorned English singing voice betrays a loving debt to Syd Barrett and often calls to mind David Gedge of The Wedding Present, oddly the finished product utilises a considerably broader palette than one might expect. The super-clean guitars and splashy drums, deliriously awash in a bath of reverb, are closer in essence to Joe Meek than George Martin, while Marks lyrics throughout are sharply observant, wholly contemporary, insightful and witty.
You Make Me Feel That Way, Rollercoaster and The Whole Of My Heart, all effortlessly immediate, would be hit records in any truly civilised society, while My Eccentric Cousin is what 65-era Dylan would have sounded like sharing a travelling rug with Phil Spector in a rainy Birmingham bus shelter.
Marco Rossi (Shindig!)
You Make Me Feel That Way, Rollercoaster and The Whole Of My Heart, all effortlessly immediate, would be hit records in any truly civilised society, while My Eccentric Cousin is what 65-era Dylan would have sounded like sharing a travelling rug with Phil Spector in a rainy Birmingham bus shelter.
Marco Rossi (Shindig!)
England's Dreaming Spires CD
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