Hare and Hounds

Crevecoeur

French three-piece Crevecoeur (‘broken heart’) produce a cinematic soundscape.  Instrumental from start to finish (with the exception of a few lines from a Speak and Spell toy) there are no obvious signs of ‘Frenchness’ but a definite tilt towards dusty roads, spaghetti westerns and Mariachi music.  And there are also the rather obvious clues in their song titles such as ‘We leave the ranch’, ‘El Matador’ and ‘Singing on a Dead Horse’.  ’The gasman and me’ sounds like Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez could be lurking just around the corner, or Serge Leone is pulling the strings behind the scenes.  Even the brief interlude of ‘L’equarisseur de songes’ with its OK Computer era Radiohead style ending can do little to hide the fact.  A real soundtrack treat.  http://www.myspace.com/wearecrevecoeur

Horse Feathers

George Romero meets Ennio Morricone to form a moody desert like twang with a shot of Tex Mex.  http://www.myspace.com/horsefeathersuk

Black Hearts

A Birmingham based quartet whose blood runs through the veins of the dysfunctional child of PJ Harvey and Neil Young whilst he is spun out on fuzz and groov