'We've got a good thing going'

So back to myspace (what a surprise) for today's artist, and I had a great idea that to make it easier for me to find artists to review, I'd take a look at the friends list of bands/artists i already like. Now admittedly this is cheating a bit, since if it kinda promotes me only to look for artists i know I'll like, but actually you'd be surprised at what kind of stuff pops up in the friends list of bands you really like.
Today's artist is one I found on Bat for Lashes' myspace page. Now i love Bat for Lashes so i knew (again, maybe cheating?) that i'd find something I'd like. That is, if i specifically took time to look through every artist. But of course, in the spirit of fairness, I picked a friend at random and got listening. And i think i'm on to something good.

CHARLOTTE HATHERLEY

Just take a look at her. Anyone see even a hint of Bjork? I think we're in for a treat here guys. Unfortunately i haven't been able to find a working torrent of any of her albums (yet. I'm still on the case people) so I have once again decided to review her playlist on myspace to the fullest of my capabilities. Hopefully that's acceptable. If anyone does find a working torrent, let me know.

So the oopening song 'White' starts kind of how you'd expect from a woman who looks like she does. Pretty standard pop sound here. The dull melody offset by the poppy drums and guitar riff is pretty enjoyable and yes we like where this is going. In terms of voice, Charlotte claims her influences lie somewhere between Kate Bush and Gwen Stefani (Sorry I'm afraid the Bjork similarities go no further than skin deep) and i definately agree. The track 'White' does remind me rather a lot of some of No Doubt's earlier music, which is no bad thing.
Naturally the next thing I do is skip straight to the most listened to track in the playlist, 'Kim Wilde', just so i can get a hint of what other people consider her best music and - oh hey, what's this? - suddenly she seems like Bjork again.Not heaping buckets of course, but we do get a hint. Well, i do anyway. Funny that. So, far more poppy (pop-y...i dunno) than the previous track, far more lively and at the same time slightly odd. Like, the only way you could possibly dance to this song is head down, index fingers out, and some good old-fashioned pseudo-skanking action. Which actually sounds pretty appealing right now. Really nice melodies in this track and the backing 'bah bah bahooooo' chorus really makes this one fun. And that's what we like isn't it? No wonder it's their most played track. We like this one a lot.

So now onto the remainder of the playli- Oh wait. Ignore my last paragraph. I made that classic mistake of listening to the most popular tracks rather than the whole thing in order. Well I was wrong. All these tracks are poppy. All these tracks are lively. And I'm pretty sure all these tracks would have you dancing in that index finger kind of swagger. Fantastic.

And that's kinda when i run out of songs to talk about and things to say. I really hate that i couldn't find a torrent because i am definately interested in this band now, but oh well. Like i said, if anyone who is actually reading this can find me a working torrent i'd be extremely grateful. Also i know it's a remix track, but please listen to 'Behave[remix by Luke Smith]' because it's seriously fantastic. Fun, no nonsense pop. Mmm