S.C.U.M - shoegaze? Indieposeur? Dreampunk?*

[bethnoir]

you know when you get all excited about a new band you've discovered and feel all cool and brave for a minute? or is this just me?

Well thanks to this free Mute sampler I discovered S.C.U.M. I was put off by their name, but listened anyway, as I generally love more Mute signings than ones I hate and now I reckon I'm a fan

Disappointingly, the more I find out about them, the more I find I'm being totally predictable and that if I'd read the press I wouldn't like them (related to the Horrors? Dating Peachesor possibly Pixie Geldolf? Poses like Nick Cave? (well actually I like that last one, but I thought I was liking something out of my usual thing, you know), New Grave? already liked by 2 of my facebook friends who like similar music) *sigh*

Anyway, free downloads from Amazon are cool and if I lived closer I'd be keen to see this lot.

Dreamed of hugging a friend who was dressed in metallic shiny briefs and lots of scarves. Inside my head is cool, but unexpected.
Nearly ready for Christmas, but bored of it all now.
Bathroom is finally painted after 3 days of having a heater on in there constantly to try to get the walls dry. Note to self, don't paint rooms in wet December.
Ate the most delicious rainbow fruit salad ever.
Want to buy new music, but must not spend more money.
Have a good weekend everyone!

*dreampunk copyright wolfy_codex

Comments

[miss-october.livejournal.com]

Nice song! They look like a cross between 1960s and 1980s.

Yeah, their band name sounds like it would be some awful nu-metal band, or something!

[bethnoir.livejournal.com]

I definitely thought the name suggested something very metal, and Whitechapel makes mw think of Jack the Ripper which is not something I necessarily want to hear a song about, but shows I'm wrong doesn't it?