Bug Prentice - Nicholas Ray

Hello, hello hello and a very Happy Sunday to you, one and all. We're at the point in the week where none of us are looking forward to Monday, and we're clinging on to the weekend like a lush to a gin bottle.

We all, therefore, need some most very excellent music to keep us all going. As usual, you can rely on me to bring it to you.

I've been aware of Bug Prentice for quite some time now (and I'm really lucky to call Ally Craig from the group, a friend - a lovely lovely smashingly talented fellow he is too - as are his supertriff compadres Ruth Goller and Stephen Gilchrist) . However, I've never been fortunate enough to review any of their material, but all that changes today with a timely feature on their new single "Nicholas Ray", which is due out in March on Bandcamp.

Here's the link to their bandcamp page - keep an eye on it for the release date and download for the single from hereonforthwithandhow:

bugprentice.bandcamp.com/releases

You can also visit the group's website here:

bugprentice.com/

and watch the video for it here:

But, here's the lowdown on the single:

Wow. It's fuckinglyawesomesauce.

I suppose I should try and say more. From the outset, the dissonant, off kilter guitars are a real breath of fresh air. It's nice to hear experimentation with soundscapes/chords/ time signatures in something so punky. It's also a track which is slightly leftfield in terms of subject matter - the film director Nicholas Ray (in case you hadn't noticed, it's the title of the song...).

So, in short, this is a single that you will all need to have in your collections as we head towards Spring. Punky dissonance, avant garde flair and just a cheeky little nod towards classic films. What more could you want? That's right. A cup of tea to go with it. They're talented, but I'm not sure they can manage that with every download of the single. So you'll have to put the kettle on yourself. In the meantime, hang tight till March and then go forth and buy buy buy/download download download and give this excellent group your support.