Member Since: 20/02/2008
Band Website: www.popnoiserecords.co.uk
Band Members:
NOISE ANNOYS SIMON. NATIONAL PASTIME. SIMON BISH.THE UDAGAWA DEAL. SOME BEANS. FAT BATTERY. A FINE DAY FOR SAILING. THRILLED SKINNY. ANDY B. OFF THE RAILS STUDIO / ANDY FONDA.
Influences:
NOISE ANNOYS SIMON video for "Peardrop Sweetness"
A Fine Day For Sailing live version of "Me And The Girl"
Some Beans video for "All Too Real"
Sounds Like:
247 MAGAZINE LP REVIEW
Noise Annoys Simon
‘You Say It, I’ll Know It’
(Pop Noise Records)
4/5
Exeter band, Noise Annoys Simon’s singer, Simon Bish was previously in early 90s John Peel darlings, Thrilled Skinny. There’s an honesty and a purity about Noise Annoys Simon, which is captured across these 12 slices of perfect guitar pop. This is a band that is not concerned with regurgitating the same old indie-shmindie angular boredom, which has been doing the rounds for years. Theirs is a fresh sound, and their art lies in delivering summery melodies, laced with a bright guitar sound and embedded in a warm production. ‘Peardrop Sweetness’ and ‘Haybales & Vapour Trails’ can only be described as total pop genius. Although Pop Noise as a label has a very DIY approach, the quality of its music is far from it. I live for the day someone gives them a massive distribution deal, which will see them gracing every magazine cover in the land. In the meantime, MySpace beckons: myspace.com/popnoiserecords
Review by Arash Torabi for 247 Magazine.
SOME BEANS
"FEAR AND LOATHING IN TIPTON ST. JOHN"
(Pop Noise Records)
This is the solo project from Devon-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and arranger, Andy Fonda, showing that he’s Jack-of-all-trades and master of all. To sum up ‘Fear & Loathing…’, think Stone Roses, if they’d managed to make an album around their ‘Fool’s Gold’ era. But then again, that’s selling Fonda short, because as a writer, singer and bass-player, he outshines his influences, despite the fact that he’s entirely responsible for every last note on this album. ‘All About You’ should be a summer anthem. ‘No More Wine’ sounds like a classic you’ve loved for years. His string arrangements, use of drum breaks, bass parts and attention to detail are astonishing. Above all, great songs always stand the test of time.
Review by Arash Torabi for 247 Magazine.
Record Label: POP NOISE RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie