Can't Get This Song Out of My Head

But frankly, I don't mind. I'm absolutely loving this punchy debut single from The Guillemots -- Trains to Brazil (buy it at iTunes) -- which is essentially an update to Dexy's Midnight Runners minus the overalls. And while it offers a bit of melancholy (with lyrics like "the prophets and their bombs have had another success, and I'm wondering why we bother at all"), it's one of those get-out-and-live-life-now! kind of songs. (And a warning to Mrs. F... the intro to the song runs a little long, so hang with it.)



Here's a bit about the band from The Guardian/Observer from last March:

Fyfe Dangerfield is the sort of name that conjures pictures of a dashing spy, brittle with sang froid, rather than an aspiring pop star. 'I think I sound like a magician,' says the lead singer of the Guillemots. He's jiggling nervously, the purplish crescents beneath his eyes testament to drawn-out nights cultivating tunes that will form the band's first album.

Birmingham-born Dangerfield is the heart and head of the Guillemots. It's mostly his songs that the peppy soul-pop four-piece are recording at George Martin's Air studios in London's Belsize Park. It was his advert that kindled the beginnings of the group, although his first attempt - 'a massive picture of me wearing huge sunglasses and reading a copy of BBC Music Magazine' - didn't get any replies. And it's his love of nature that prompted their moniker. 'I go bird-watching when I get the chance,' he reveals. 'Whatever I was depressed about pales into insignificance sitting there watching curlews.'

Also check out the band's MySpace page.