{"id":670,"date":"2007-08-13T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2007-08-13T20:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2007-08-14T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T08:12:11","slug":"zan-pan-swati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"zan pan &#8211; swati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a few years ago, the ever excellent <EM>memphis  industries <\/EM>label released a gem of an album : <EM>pretty monster, <\/EM>by  the duo known to the world as <STRONG>fort lauderdale. <\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the album was an understanded classic using the  same&nbsp;timeless piano driven glam pop as <STRONG>david bowies  <\/STRONG><EM>hunky dory, <\/EM>making the album one of my favourites for many a  month.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however, my public declaration meant nothing, and  the band were to be left on the sidelines as punk funk took over the world and  glam pop was left gasping for breathe.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>now several years later when all things glam seems  to be in demand again, hello <STRONG>pop levi<\/STRONG>, <EM>toby jenkins<\/EM>  (aka <STRONG>the squire of somerton<\/STRONG>), alongside label mates  <STRONG>blue states<\/STRONG> head honcho <EM>andy dragazis,&nbsp;<\/EM>have  teamed up to create more magical music.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>also, it should be noted that the press people  behind the excellent <EM>stool pigeon<\/EM> newspaper<EM> <\/EM>(which is now a  bugger to track down&nbsp;as fopp has gone, and many indie record  shops&nbsp;have been run out of most provincial towns) have released this as one  of those ultra limited 7&#8243; singles on new <EM>memphis industries\/stool  pigeon<\/EM> offspring, called of all things : <EM>pigeon coup<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the a-side, <EM>sirens of tital, <\/EM>is a prog  beats of mammoth proportions that will scare children on a dark and stormy  night. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however,&nbsp;flip the plastic, and you are met by  a beauty of the most wonderful acoustic&nbsp;psyche pop kind. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>delicate, calm and rather special <EM>swati <\/EM>is  everything a grown man, or woman, could ever want when the lights are low and  the mood mellow.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>glorious in every way, lets just hope the band get  the chance to make a full album.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>mp3 <\/EM>: <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/swati.mp3\">zan pan &#8211;  swati<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/zanpanband\">zan pan<\/A> &#8211; 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