Sometimes I forget how totally kick ass the eighties were. Let’s face it, I was only eight years old when the nineties body slammed the eighties into the past, but there were some good times to be had as a youngster in the eighties {my R2D2 pj’s were awesome}. But just when that grand decade starts to slide into the dark recesses of my mind a band like Cut Copy comes and brings all the yummy laser tag goodness right back to the front. I don’t think I’ve heard straight up eighties dance revival since, well, the eighties. Listen to the entire album, In Ghost Colours (iTunes), and you’ll be pleasantly thrilled with laser bleeps, heavy synth, breezy vocals, and a general sense of nostalgia.
mp3 : Cut Copy - Far Away
mp3 : Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season
And although these three boys from Melbourne {pronounced Mel-burn, not Mel-Jason-Bourne for all you ignorant Yanks} do have a certain throwback quality throughout their sound they’re not to be confused with yet another tribute band. As a good friend recently reminded me “bad writers imitate, great writers steal,” and that’s exactly what Cut Copy has done. They strip mined the eighties for all they were worth and have come away with a sound that sparkles of bedazzled jean jackets, junior high roller skating parties, and awkward hair cuts, and yet contains a glossy and utterly twenty first century finish. Nostalgia never sounded so good.
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good to see someone knows how to say Melbourne. good stuff
All true.
Too bad their songwriting sucks.
i only know how to pronounce the great city name of Melbourne due to the fact that i met some Melbourne kids during a week i spent in South Korea. they were great friends - and korean bbq is so much better in Korea.
aaron, i agree with you. but, then again, that was/is the eighties.