I received an email from a chap called Matteo (Hi, Matteo!) who is a member of an Italian band called What,Really?.
Mattheo pointed me in the direction of an EP containing four songs the band recorded. These four songs:
What,Really? – What,Really? (2013)
I didn’t mind them at all. (Except for the galloping hi-hats in tracks 3, “Ninja Expert“. I wasn’t especially fond of those cymbals going “ts-ts-ts-ts-ts-ts…” at breakneck speed.)
Coincidences The Band May Not Want Me To Mention
I don’t know how the band feels about this, but when I listened to the first two songs I found myself thinking of a couple of other songs not by them.
For example, this part of “Ophelia (Among The Flowers)“…
What,Really? – “Ophelia (Among The Flowers)“ (2013) (excerpt)
…reminded me of this:
Modern English – “I Melt With You“ (1982) (edited excerpt)
And a little guitar part in “Dandy Hobo”…
What,Really? – “Dandy Hobo“ (2013) (excerpt)
…reminded me of a similar guitar part in XTC‘s “Generals And Majors”:
XTC – “Generals And Majors” (1980) (excerpt)
(I won’t present you with the full versions of those non-What,Really? songs – this is a post about Matteo’s band after all – but if you want to hear them, they’re over at YouTube: Modern English here; and XTC here.)
Thanks, Matteo, for letting me know about yer band.
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