Approved: Enjoyable Listens
completemusicupdate.comThis week, Alex Lee Thomson is approving some artists he checked out at last month’s SXSW showcase festival in Austin.If hard work breeds success then Enjoyable Listens are onto something.
This band seemed to be everywhere at SXSW last month, and that’s no mean feat.They certainly don’t disappoint when it comes to their name – just one of their self aware tactics to dazzle you with showmanship and suck you into their odd world.
Alex Cameron knows this style well, characterised by a vaudevillian and almost pantomime exterior, a kind of “go on – come take a look what’s happening over here” approach.Their songs pack melody and punch.
They’re glimpses of faded British glamour offered up by a suited pop prince, not too dissimilar from Jarvis Cocker.Their sound blends baritone vocals and breezy melodies with clear influences from the 80s, yet they manage to put their own elegant stamp on things.
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