New Noise: Esben & The Witch
If Florence fronted the xx… It would be quite brilliant, and quite like this. Expecting big things from Esben & The Witch in 2010. Not in the La Roux’s sell-lots-of-average-records vein of “big”, but more down the xx’s “universally acclaimed, but not quite munching on cash” route. Quite shocking that I managed to mention the xx twice in the previous three sentences, and if that isn’t persuasion enough to get involved with Esben & The Witch, then they’re just not for you.
Esben And The Witch – About This Peninsula
Esben And The Witch – Marching Song
PS the “New Noise” posts are pretty much a reaction to me realising that the “Charting Within Months” series was leaving out loads of great artists that are never going to graze the top 40, to their credit.
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January 10th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Really glad that you’ve started this New Noise business to shine a light on under-appreciated talent as well. Never heard of this band before, but just listened to about this peninsula and am really impressed, is there an ep or album dropping soon?
-JJ
January 10th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Thanks for the comment JJ. They released an EP called “33″ for free earlier in the summer – guess I should have provided a link really! What can I say… I’m not as organised as I make out. You can get the 5 tracks for free in 320kbps quality here:
http://esbenandthewitch.bandcamp.com/
January 12th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
I’ve seen Esben and the Witch play several times now (a couple of which I reviewed on my blog) and they are improving as a band each time I’ve seen them play. The first time was over a year ago supporting Fight Like Apes and they were a bit amateur, but now their sound is becoming more strident an their performances more engaging. As you say with their current sound they are never going to bother the charts but their sound is nonetheless quite darkly enchanting.