The Literary Greats | ms

The Literary Greats are a band of multi-instrumentalists who took a grass roots approach in making their newly released self-titled album. Self recorded in a church studio and living room with the AC and refrigerator turned off to avoid unintended white noise, this record was composed with the understanding that the product could be both trivial and sobering in the same instant. While not setting out to solve the world’s problems, this quintet from Houston, Texas attempts to document the simple nuances of human nature at its core. Like the city they call home, their musical compositions are both urban...

Sandwiched between Brighton & Hastings, the seaside town of Eastbourne is the unlikely outpost and home to future alt-rock heroes, The Late Greats. In equal parts intelligent, intense, chaotic and fragile, the four piece have quietly bided their time over the last 12 months, writing their debut album (in between epic bouts of table tennis) thus honing the sound of The Late Greats. Life Without Balloons is a record indebted to the band’s love of lo-fi US indie/alt-rock (Sonic Youth, Pixies, Pavement) but stamped with a truly provincial, English delivery glittering with melodic gold. Kicking off with ltd edition single...

Greats dibentuk di pertengahan November 2005, oleh segerombolan remaja yang dengan berapi-api ingin menemukan lagi estetika musik zaman dahulu kala secara bersahaja, melalui instrumen sederhana yang dimainkan di luar jendela saat malam tiba. Di balik nama yang terdengar bombastis, "Greats" sebenarnya hanyalah cara kami yang agak keterlaluan untuk membaca nada: 6-1-2-3-4-7-5 (la-do-re-mi-fa-si-sol). Metode ini kami dapat dari keisengan khas anak muda yang mencoba memasang identitas mereka pada plat-plat mobil. Tapi, sebuah nama akan selallu menjadi gema yang tak akan mudah hilang saat kita memanggil sesuatu; dengan demikian, kami, secara tak terelakkan terikat di dalam nama ini. Members: K. L. Junandharu:...