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August 05
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PRESS: Joyzine has reviewed The Black Tulips EP.
The Black Tulips: Demo
Every day my letterbox is inundated with a fresh slew of demos, usually somewhere in the region of 20 a week. Think about it – that’s around 1040 demos every year! Of those 1040, around a quarter will be absolute tosh, indeed some of them are so bad that they make me want to hack my ears off with the nearest blunt implement just to make the godawful noises disappear. Another 700 or so will be desperately average, not offensive as such, but bland, lacking in sparkle, or merely jumping on the latest NME sponsored bandwagon.That leaves less than 100 demos per year, many of which have a knack for a good tune, or are beginning to develop an interesting sound of their own. However, every now and again, a demo plops onto my doormat that is genuinely exciting - past examples have included Bloc Party, Art Brut and Special Needs, and I can now add The Black Tulips to that list.
Not that they sound anything like any of the aforementioned bands, that's the beauty of it - The Black Tulips are ploughing their own dark furrow through the stagnant path of British indie, ripping up the traditions and conventions that have choked the genre into its current drudgery. This is music of intelligence and wit that knows when to rock out and when to hold back, and it's something that needs to be experienced to be fully comprehended.
Read the full review on the Joyzine website.
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