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Melody's Echo Chamber - I follow you (Weird World)

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This song came into my life last week. And at the moment, it feels like my life is divided into the time before I heard it, and the time since. It's a fantastic slice of dreamy, bittersweet psych pop that is liable to haunt/soundtrack your waking hours. I've become quite obsessed with the way the bass and keys enter at different points to competely shift the mood of the arrangement. The woman responsible is Melody Prochet . My information on her is quite sketchy. She may or may not be French. Her debut self titled album comes out in November on Weird World (that already spectacular little label, only just over a year in existence) and was partly recorded in Perth with Kevin Parker from Tame Impala . There is something of that band's dense sound about the tune, although more about this track (all effected guitars and dropped snare beats), a 7" from last summer on Fat Possum (another fine label), which is also great. It's a bit like a Grizzly Bear tune pum...

Playlist 236 - Sept 25 2012

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A special extended show this week, with an extra hour. Three more bands playing the NOISE Weekender this coming weekend, Mumblin' Deaf Ro from Dublin, Trumpets of Jericho & The Great Balloon Race from Cork; a knockout tune from the new Rozi Plain album; new Dark Dark Dark, Polica, Christian Bookshop, David Byrne & St Vincent, Nils Frahm playing piano with 9 fingers, Peter Broderick pondering the mystery of the soul; a lovely Sfumato remix by Sunken Foal , a great slow build by Babe, Terror ; there was also Sone Institute, Wussy, Shonen Knife, Bobby Womack feat. Lana del Rey, Hotels, September Girls, Pollens , and more. And not to forget, Melody's Echo Chamber - I follow you is one of the songs of the year. The Underground of Happiness uplifting pop music of every creed www.theundergroundofhappiness.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/theundergroundofhappiness Playlist 236 Tues Sept 25 2012 11.00am-1.00pm (repeated on Tuesdays 8.30pm) UCC 98.3FM listen live...