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::The Future - Q Track of the Day Review::
There are loads of new bands at the moment doing that La’s/The Coral/raspy-voiced scouse-jangle thing – we’re thinking of the likes of Sergeant, The Sonic Hearts, and The Troubadours - but Reading’s Beggars are the ones with the most obvious potential. They’re also the only ones you can imagine covering a song as complex and knotty as Leonard Cohen’s The Future and not sounding completely out of their comfort zone.
An apocalyptic prophecy in the style of A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall that pivots on the pitch-black refrain, “I have the seen the future, brother/It is murder”, The Future featured on Cohen’s gloomy, state-of-the-nation album of the same name in 1992, and two years later emerged on the similarly tenebrous Natural Born Killers soundtrack. However, Beggars turn the song into something that’s furious and accusatory rather than cracked and fearful, with 19-year-old singer Jamie Girdler replacing Cohen’s desert-dry whisper with his own incisive, declamatory wail.
The only place you’ll be able to buy The Future is at their live shows supporting Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong throughout April and May. A proper single release will emerge in May, followed by the band’s debut album in the autumn.
Thanks for your comment. Finally got down to hearing these songs with a little peace and quiet, very nice. I´ll be in touch (now that´s a prospect!;-)), best wishes from Berlin, Germany!
Cracking Set At The UNderground in Stoke Fellas! You were better than Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong by a mile! Quality boys. Hopefully you'll come back soon, definetly be there! Keep up the good work!
Heyyy :) Yous were proper mint in Newcastle last night likee :) Wheyy I tufted Justin's(?) hair afterwards haha, I think it was him o_O The one who was eating the apple and I was teaching how to talk geordie (Y) NORTHERN ROCK LIKEEE
hey just thought i'd let you know i thought you were really good last night and i really like the way you split the vocals, i stupidly didnt realise that when i listened on your myspace im observant:) xxxx
heyy great set at the underground tuther night :) and cheers for the picture :) have fun with the rest of the tour and be sure to be back in stoke soon! //xxx
