MP3: Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper

A couple of months months ago I wrote about Frightened Rabbit and said they have “a folky wisdom and an air of confidence that streams in through the windows, freshly blown out by tornadoes and hurricanes… Frightened Rabbits feel like renewal… pop songs that quickly turn melancholy into bright sunshine“.

Now: so much is so much bigger, but big enough to hold it’s own weight, it doesn’t droop or get lost, and it doesn’t seems lazily nostalgic. There is no lazyness but a vertically inclined indie-pop energy and depth. Jump! Into that Scottish Loch! In the middle of the hottest Scottish summer! It’ll cure you! Track of the Month.

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This is a track from “Midnight Organ Fight” out April 1st on Fat Cat. They are playing some British, then Italian shows before heading out to South By South West in Texas.

myspace.com/frightenedrabbit

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Also:

Recently I’ve been enjoying Justice’s Fabric Mix, which Fabric rejected. It’s disco, it’s self-indulgent and it’s idiosyncratic. They gave it away for as a Christmas mix.

I stopped doing a podcast recently to concentrate on this site. Luckily for you, “Not Your Usual Bollocks” music podcast is still going strong.

Breaking news:

It seems I have been nominated for an NME award (Best Music Blog) alongside The Hype Machine (a music blog aggragator operated by a very nice guy), The Modern Age (A blog about music, pop culture, the Strokes, puppies, Jack White, and cute boys.), Spinner (AOL music site), and Stereogum (the worlds most popular music blog: it used to have a slight Britney fetish).

If you haven’t been here before, check out my round-up of the best music featured on this site in 2007 to get a feel for things.

Nothing But Green Lights is based in the UK, solely features U.K music, and it is operated by one guy. I have permission to give all of the mp3s I feature away - so don’t feel guilty about taking as many as you like.

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