"Sounding a little late Joy Division and the first New Order album is nothing bad, as long as you don't just sound derivative and actually do something different with it. And this falls into the nothing bad category, the synths and half dead vocal delivery, far from sounding cold or harsh are actually brimful of life, shimmying out of the stereo speakers and purring the story of their lives.They even manage to bring out the humour that people so often forget in this type of rock, peeking out from behind the refrain of 'I wanna, I wanna, I wanna have fun' is the cheeky little 'Girls, just wanna' as they manage to endear themselves to you even further.
There's also a bit of mid period Idlewild there on the second track, Follow The Lion, with the sparse arrangement and retrained vocal displaying a knowledge of their craft far beyond merely a demo. Oh I do hate the concepts of demos, just call it a record, there's no need to make excuses for this, its perfect as it is, over production would only destroy the charm that infuses all three tracks.
The final track is simply a sweet confessional of picked reverb drenched guitars filled with regret over all the lost girls and wasted weekends. All in all an excellent RECORD (not demo) of intelligent indie shot through with genuine sentiment and personality. File nest to Idlewild, for all who like a bit of heart and soul in their guitar music."
And so it came to the Heebie Jeebies, although now based in a Glasgow, they are also from the wonderful land that is Strathaven. Again they are a kind of indie rock band with a slightly punky edge but they also employ Moog synth to great effect giving a good counter balance to their sound. They remind me a bit of Hue and Cry or maybe the Smiths but with a more upbeat electro sound and without Morrisey’s droning voice. Which is always good. ‘Coolest Trainers’ seemed to get the crowd going but my favourite was the fourth song in which I managed to miss the name of, due to a sudden case of stiletto heel versus trainer. So if anyone knows it write in and you could win a coconut. The band work well together but it’s the drums and synth combo which really give the band a full sound. As DJ The Claw said ‘Moognificent’!
"The First track, Little Disease, is a glorious upbeat electronic dance anthem and sounds like Franz Ferdinand with a bit of early Depeche Mode"
"Little Disease seems to be about sexualy transmited diseases charting a man going out with its repeated chant:"I wanna have fun". Clever, poppy and gloriously catchy, its the kind of music for girls to dance to."
The Heebie Jeebies were not around to scoop the Artist of the Month. The Glaswegian resemble Franz Ferdinand but in a much less pretentious way, they sing about the hum drum of student life at their pace: about wanting the coolest trainers, purple hair, 70s style leather jackets, council tax and going out on a Monday night. Ah! The joys of studentdom! Coolest Trainers is a damn catchy electro number that youll be whistling, bopping and toe-tapping all at once. Runners up this month were The Ads and The Fuse.
First off the pile isn't an EP apparently, but just a demo. Which is fine by me as (a) I have the right pile, and (b) it's a pretty good start. The Heebie Jeebies sing of 'The Coolest Trainers In The World' in a thickly-accented Glaswegian take on fashion, done 80s electropop stylee, like Steve Strange getting mugged at Night Moves. It's a three-tracker so 'Art School Students' is again a sarky pop at local life, a world where said studes have purple hair and go out on Monday nights. 'Little Disease' again is in a time warp, but with great results, though you can almost taste the eyeliner. Seems the 80s had the odd cool bit after all.