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"i:candy have not only stunned me with the selection of songs that they have up on their myspace profile which are innovative and energetic, have brilliant and funny story telling lyrics, are undeniably addictive, and also have a female lead singer that has managed to do what Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Adele, Duffy et al have failed to do and that is - impress me.
They are a four piece band that write songs about real things, every day things that anyone and everyone can identify with, they are refreshingly honest, intent on having a raucous good time and taking us all with them.
Imagine the offspring of Little Man Tate, Toyah and the Arctic Monkeys and you come pretty close to i:candy – OK so a threesome is a bit unconventional but then so are these guys.
I shall be booking my place at the front of one of their gigs at the earliest convenience, why not join me ….
Compiled and written for Manchester is Music by Kim Etheridge
"OK... Forget about The Ting Tings from Salford, cross the boundary between the 2 great cities and check out "i:candy".
Radio Wishing Well
The long tradition of British girl-fronted pop-indie bands that include Echobelly, Sleeper, Lush and the Long Blondes finds itself under attack in today’s pop wars from the ‘away from these shore’ers Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Ida Marie and Alphabeat; not to mention underground scenesters like Paramore and Lacuna Coil providing heavier ammunition to try and blast British star heroines like The Ting Tings, Kate Nash and Lily Allen out of the water. So who can we find to protect the UK Top 40 from the Nordic pop invasion. Who can save British kids from singing karaoke in an American accent?
STEP FORWARD i:CANDY
Pop-fuelled guitar-led indie fronted by a “…21st century alcopopped-up descendant of the likes of Fay Fife from the Rezillos; all pop fun without shop mannequin airbrushing..†with songs that connect with their audience through music and lyrics: love, social problems, break-ups, crushes, bullying, the search for fame, families… all encompassing advice enveloped in killer tunes, ready to reclaim the word ‘pop’ back from the reality world that has stolen it. As Cath Aubergine said on Manchestermusic.co.uk “The critics might salivate over Girls Aloud in some desperate attempt to show their pop credentials in these "uncool is the new cool" times, but this is the real thing."
Four 18-year-olds that have been together just over a year with live performances to match their undoubted studio abilities and the potential to grow into the defenders of the BritIndiePop scene that they are.
ASHLI: Lead vocals. Singing as if her very life depended on you hearing what she’s got to say. A lifetime’s experience in such a young voice. A live performance honed over 3 year’s of stagecraft. Quite simply, a talent.
DANNY CANDY: Lead guitar. Displaying a God-given gift of guitar mastery, he shares his talent with us, welcoming us into his world of frets and tremolo, sitting us down in a comfy armchair, then leaving us open-mouthed while we watch, as our forgotten tea grows cold.
OLI: Bass guitar. Surely Aviator shades were created solely for him as his fingers race around the strings, creating a noise that leads straight to the feet of the onlooker, daring them to dance, making them move to the sound of the bass man.
Remember that POP is short for POPULAR – it’s not a dirty word, not a word to be viewed and used with derision. When allied with real live chiming guitars, booming drums and a female vox that any girl would die for, prefix-POP grabs back its credibility and stands up loud and proud and says to the world: “I am POP, I am POPULAR, I am what I am.â€
‘Sing like no-one’s listening, love like it’s heaven on earth.
Grow up with your dreams of stardom, wake up to your doubts: you’re born, you live and then you die - that’s what it’s all about’
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