UV-TV - Wasting Away

photo : Arlington Garrett III


  If, like me, you like fast, catchy, scuffed up female fronted pop songs with buzzsaw guitars and frantic drumming, you're in for a treat today. UV-TV are a trio from Gainesville, Florida and are a band that have the delightful knack of being able to transport us back to a time when the likes of The Shop Assistants, The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Primitives etc were churning out barbed wire kisses bathed in a sun drenched haze.

  The line up of UV-TV sees Rose Vastola on vocals & bass, Ian Bernacett on guitar & vocals and Ryan Hopewell on drums. Their first release was a 2014 demo on High Fashion Industries (https://youveeteevee.bandcamp.com/releases) and this was followed a year later by a split 7" with L.A. band Shark Toys. Earlier this month they released their debut album, Glass, and it's available on Deranged Records..... https://derangedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/glass

   Glass has been described as "shoegaze stripped of it's fat and it's fluff." Check it out, it's great. I played Only Matters When a couple of weeks ago on the Just Some Punk Songs show and it went down a storm so today I'll post the 62 second opening track, Wasting Away....

Bad Zeppelin - Bullet (in my head)

 

  Today's update features a really great fuzzy/power pop song by Bad Zeppelin which came out around 18 months ago but which I've only just come across.

  The brainchild of Dylan Bowden, Bad Zeppelin are from Toronto and as far as I'm aware their only release is the Drugged Out And Dreamy ep. Dylan writes all the songs and whilst the band is currently pretty much just a recording project at the moment with members coming and going, Dylan's "gearing up to make some more moves in the coming year."

  The ep was recorded by fellow Canadian Marvelous Mark (Dylan plays guitar for Marvelous Mark live), it's on M.A.R.K. Records and you can check it out here : https://badzeppelin.bandcamp.com/

  Early next year we can expect to see a new ep called Bad Songs which is something I'm looking forward to hearing. In the meantime, here's the lead track from Drugged Out And Dreamy, it's called Bullet (In My Head)......

Well there's no use in going out, 
can't paint over a pretty face.
I'm picking up the pieces, 
it's never enough. 
I can't shake this feeling.
Will this be the last night I go spinning. 
I put another bullet in my head, 
the moment's long gone but I can't get enough.
I can't shake this feeling.
So don't say again 
because I'm falling into pieces.
Put another bullet in my head
I'm leaving.