We are starting a new website feature this week, hosting two mp3s on the Matinée sounds page each week as part of our ‘weekly download.’ New songs will be posted each Monday so check the site each week and you will soon have a nice little playlist of songs for your iPod. They’re only up for seven days though so don’t slip up.
In honor of their headline appearance this week at the London Popfest, our inaugural feature includes the wonderful track ‘Talking Backwards’ from Tender Trap. The song appears on both the ‘Language Lessons’ EP (matinée 058) and the ‘6 Billion People’ (matcd040) album and surely you have both in your collection already, right? Has it really been three years since their last splendid release? Fingers crossed for something new from Tender Trap soon!
Our second featured download is in celebration of a freak snowstorm that has just hit the southeastern United States including my old stomping grounds in North and South Carolina. Typically by this time of year the hot weather has already started so we’re playing the ace track ‘Summer Snow’ from one of our all time favorite Matinée bands, The Windmills. This one comes from the 2003 album ‘Now Is Then’ (matcd028) which sadly was their last release. Essential listening, nevertheless, as is everything else from The Windmills.
You can download both tracks RIGHT NOW on the sounds page.
Finally, after four months atop the Matinée hit parade, the Lucksmiths take a dive allowing the magnificent new album ‘Eventyr’ from Would-Be-Goods a well deserved #1 for the month of February. Hurrah! It really is a great album. The chart also sees a resurgence of all things Hermit Crabs. Here is the top ten:
10. Bubblegum Lemonade – Susan’s In The Sky CDEP
9. Math and Physics Club – Math and Physics Club CD
8. The Hermit Crabs – Feel Good Factor CDEP
7. The Hermit Crabs – Saw You Dancing CD
6. Northern Portrait – Napoleon Sweetheart CDEP
5. Bubblegum Lemonade – Doubleplusgood CD
4. The Lucksmiths – First Frost CD
3. The Hermit Crabs – Correspondence Course CDEP
2. The Guild League – Speak Up CD
1. Would-Be-Goods – Eventyr CD
New releases taking shape…more news and exclusive preview tracks coming soon!