Brighton Rock

Grunge has found a new home far from Seattle, Washington, Steve Albini and Sub Pop records. Hence the nosebleed. Pearl Jam, Pixies, Nirvana, Sonic Youth... all artists lining the walls and dominating the vinyl collections of two noiseniks from Brighton: Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell, aka Blood Red Shoes. Just as well Nevermind never really goes out of mind, then. It's like the summer of 1991 all over again!

Now on album number two Fire Like This, which was released last Monday, this terrible twosome have been sneaking their way into Zane Lowe playlist territory (and strangely River Island's instore soundtrack; Jaz evidently took the wrong detour on a recent shopping spree). Here they are keeping it simple with the non mood-enhancing but nevertheless thrillingly raw Light It Up...



Jaz x

P.S. If the above is of interest, it may also be worth digging out your yellow smiley face hoodies for Courtney Love whose touring the UK with the "re-formed" Hole in the Spring. With Love as the only original member, it's not so much a re-formation as an attempt to take a leaf out of the Sugababes authoritative book in how to flog a dead horse...