Lake Taupo

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Lost Under Heaven - "Bunny's Blues"

Lost Under Heaven are a Manchester band featuring former WU LYF lead singer Ellery Roberts and Ebony Hoorn, a Dutch visual artist. She also directed the video for Bunny's Blues. The video has some obvious David Lynch influences, amongst others. Bunny, the charactor she created, goes back to an early performance piece from Amsterdam. Bunny's Blues uses the quiet/loud sound to perfection. The rocking chorus with the line "You Don't understand me - You don't understand" is the character (Bunny) confronting the controlling male-dominated society that doesn't respect her (or their) actual power within. It comes from their second album 'Love Hates What You Become' from 2016.

Saturday, February 6, 2021

MEXICAN DUBWISER - "TROUBLE IN MY SOUL"

This song is so good. It will always be a favourite on Bitter FM. "Trouble In My Soul" is like a blend of so many genres - even with the vocals you could add crooner to the mix. Any fan of 'Faith No More' will recognise the sample they borrowed from their song "Stripsearch" - but, to me, that's part of it's charm. Take a little bit that was less significant to the original song and make it more significant in a new song, while turning it into a completely new peice of art. If that makes sense? If you are unfamiliar with Mexican Dubwiser - then this is a great place to start.