ceo

Every time summer comes around I reach for a Cut Copy record. In the current state of affairs, however, I'm not expecting a new one any time soon. So imagine my delight when I listen to the track "Come with Me" by ceo, which fills the empty Cut Copy shaped hole in my life, at least for the time being. It even has the exact same little fill from "Feel the Love."

I believe ceo is the side project of Eric Berglund from The Tough Alliance. Well Sweden is home to many good things, sadly no longer the Hellacopters. I'd recommend the track and will certainly be checking out the record White Magic when it drops.

Mid-week news - Chris and I saw Harlem at the Flowerpot. Short but sweet. I liked it, they were a good raucous three piece, not necessarily staggeringly inventive but well put-together. Also some crazy instrumentation swappage going on.

On another note, I feel this is the perfect time to mention a couple of new bands: Chico Fellini, who play what has been described as "Sleazy Bowie" (a great epithet, if perhaps verging on the tautological) and Secret Colours, a psychadelic-ical band from Chicago. Thanks to Mr. Jeffrey Smith for the shouts on these. One day, God willing, they will earn their own blog post. But judging from the protracted nature of this post, I think we might be waiting a while.

ceo - Come with Me
Chico Fellini - Give it to Me
Secret Colours - Jellybean