I promised I’d write a blog post about them, so I better get it done before 2023 comes to an end. Some time during the summer I came across Coach Party from the Isle of Wight, probably on BBC Radio 6 Music. I’m not sure which song I heard first, good chance it was the one I’ve already mentioned:
Coach Party – What’s The Point In Life (Official Video)
Some more delicious noise in the next one:
Coach Party – All I Wanna Do Is Hate (Official Video)
I don’t know what period drama/series (if any) they are referencing in the video, but I think It’s quite enjoyable. And there’s more nice noise
Coach Party – FLAG (Feel Like A Girl) (Official Video)
I’m not sure why hate is featuring in their songs at an alarming rate, as here’s a second song with hate in the title, although the roles are reversed this time:
Coach Party – Everybody Hates Me (Official Video)
To close a song that hopefully isn’t going to weird you out
Coach Party – Weird Me Out (Official Video)
That’s it for Coach Party for now. If you didn’t know them before I hope you might have found something you like as well.
I’ve mentioned Wet Leg on this blog a while ago, now it’s time for another band from the Isle of Wight, which probably will extend to a Bands New To Me post later this year. The band is Coach Party, the song is (obviously) What’s The Point In Life:
Coach Party – What’s The Point In Life (Official Video)
Just under three minutes of pleasant noise with catchy lyrics, what’s not to love?
The song is over a decade old, but I only came across it a few weeks ago. It’s been on heavy rotation ever since and probably will be for quite some time. I love the “dirty” sound, the guitar riff, the banging drums, the pounding bass. And the band name is pretty cool as well.
Bass Drum of Death – “Get Found” (Official Video)
What do you think, do you like it?
PS: I probably should write a Bands New To Me entry about them, they have a few more nice tunes…
I’m not entirely sure when I discovered Skating Polly (Kelli, Peyton and Kurtis), I think probably somewhere around 2018 or 2019. In other words, before I started my Bands New To Me series/category. But with their latest song having just been published I decided to give them a dedicated entry with some of my favourite songs by them, starting with the latest:
Skating Polly – Hickey King (Official Video)
In a similar noisy style, but also with beautiful layered vocals:
Skating Polly – Hail Mary (Official Video)
But they also have a different side, voice, piano and guitar:
Skating Polly – Don’t Leave Me Gravity (Official Video)
Back to noisier sounds from their New Tricks EP with two famous guests, Nina Gordon & Louise Post of Veruca Salt:
Skating Polly – Louder In Outer Space (Official Video)
Enjoying Hollywood life while not moving to Hollywood or joining the Hollywood crowd:
Skating Polly – Hollywood Factory (Official Video)
Another of their older songs, I love the bass line in this one, as well as the pounding and rattling drums:
Skating Polly – Pretective Boy (Official Video)
The second to last song is another quiet one with just Kelli and Peyton singing while playing the piano (and some light drums):
Skating Polly – A Little Late (Official Video)
And to close some pure simple noise from before Kurtis joining with just a basitar and drums (and of course voice):