Hyperspeed pop\/dance track of the week is Helen Love “It’s My Club” from “It’s My Club and I’ll Play What I Want”. This is truly awesome. It sounds like one of those hypervelocity Shibuya-kei bands, except the singer has a strong English accent. Helen Love have a Ramones fetish, and there’s nothing wrong with that. “Two turntables and a microphone, a 30-foot inflatable Joey Ramone…” That sums up this track perfectly.<\/p>\n
By way of contrast, Kate Rusby’s version of the old folk lament “Blooming Heather” from her album Awkward Annie is quite lovely. She gives a beautiful performance, and the chorus features a plaintive Scottish male vocal that just tears your heart out.<\/p>\n
I heard both these fine pieces on the always-good On The Wire from 17 November 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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