Poor old Julius Caesar, he didn't beware the Ides of March enough, did he? Not even when he got the point... in his back. Oh well. If he were here now, he'd be wise to beware the quality of some tracks on Bandcamp named after the Ides (or the 15th of March, in new money). Here are three I don't mind.
Birdmask are/is from New York. Beyound that, I'm not sure how to describe them. Props to this song, though, for the first use of "pulchritudinous" in lyrics that I can remember. He/they tagged this "chamber pop", whatever that may mean.
Miles Kennedy's Ides of March starts off with a musical rip-off of Shape of my Heart by Sting (really, compare). Then it changes course quite dramatically into soft-rock MOR toss and gets much less interesting, in my book.
Lastly, juules.gif from Chicago (her lack of capitalisation, not mine). This one is tagged "bedroom pop" which amused the linguist in me when compared to "chamber pop" earlier. This is a lovely acoustic short story that sounds like it grew out of Covid lockdown.
Three Randcamp Ides of March conspirators. Which is your Cassius and which, if any, is your noblest Roman of them all, Brutus?
I like the fact that the post starts with Julius C and ends with juules.gif, which is the best of the picks. I thought the best thing about the Myles Kennedy one was your writing!
ReplyDeleteLove this series, though, thanks Martin.
I'm not sure Miles will be happy to be described as soft-rock toss...
DeleteAgree re juules.gif, the pick of the litter.
Lots of Ides here but I don't think anything can beat the Ides of March by Vehicle for me - what a tune!
ReplyDeleteI've just had a major brain fart. I meant Vehicle by the Ides of March, d'oh....and of course it wouldn't count!
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