The Tropics of Cancer featuring She Rocola

Description: Under The Covers – The Tropics of Cancer featuring She Rocola (RIM CD 18) 'Jazzy, quirky and thoroughly bohemian'(PENNY RIMBAUD) 'The Flaming Stars' expressive sticksman Joe Whitney provides his own unique brand of hi-class lo-fi with the Tropics of Cancer on "Under The Covers".His Rim Records debut, "Introduction To A Rumour" sold out its initial pressing in record time, and featured a mesmerising overhaul of Diana Ross' "Upside Down" that prompted Andrew Weatherall to feature it on his Soma Records compilation "SciFi-Lo Fi". For this follow-up release he concedes lead vocals to the sultry, smooth, beguiling She Rocola, reigniting their previous incarnation as Minxus.Opening with the film noir of "Shelia's Dream", the album progresses to Whitney and Rocola equally at home conquering the Julie London standard "Cry Me A River", as subverting The Buzzcocks' "Get On Our Own" with toy piano and recorders – Rocola's sensuous tones ever-present throughout.The Tropics of Cancer are renowned for their playfulness. "An Easy Addiction" tricks you into believing you're listening to a sixties underground classic, but is one of several self-penned songs by Whitney and Rocola holding their own amongst the stellar cover versions.A seemingly incongruous blend of assured melodies and arrangements bordering on the anarchic, "Under The Covers" has the uncanny knack of arousing the curiosity and raising the eyebrows whilst simultaneously snaring the listener into its ten tumultuous tracks.(LEE MCFADDEN) 'The vampish Ms Rocola has been prowling the capital's garage rock underground these past few years, bringing more than a touch of sultry sophistication to the party, whether fronting Joe Whitney's trash-exotica project The Tropics of Cancer or the swing-jazz ensemble Lady And The Tramps. The Tropics' "Under The Covers," as the title suggests, throws together originals like the bewitching "Sylvia's Gate" with class takes on such classics as "Cry Me A River," plus a take on The Buzzcocks' "Get On Our Own" that's pure Wicker Man in execution.' (HUGH GULLAND - VIVE LE PUNK 29/07/08) “Get On Your Own” (from the Rim album "Under The Covers"). It’s the Buzzcocks – Love Bites, right? – given some absolutely crazed but beautiful Kurt Weill-style torch song makeover.(EVERETT TRUE - VILLAGE VOICE 27/10/07) 'The fixed rate, opiated ennui of heavy-lidded, lusty laments and mournful dalliances like "Moontalk" - all coconut clip-clops, crawling crab walks and palm tree breezes deflecting the disembodied spectre of Patsy Cline at a samba party, walking after eternity's midnight under blue, blue electric bruised black Hawaiian moons - and the slouched, Segovian, silver screen solemnities of the swoon-some flamenco fairytale "Get On Our Own" are iridescently cinematic…*****" (STU GIBSON - MAVERICK, April 2008) ' The whole thing has a nice dream like sway with the exotic charms of a distant south sea Island or Patsy Cline on Vallium; you decide. I'm on my 6th listen...love it'(NICHOLAS JEREMY CLARKE) Thats a fantastic version, really great! (STEVE DIGGLE on 'GET ON OUR OWN") 'The Tropics Of Cancer are an organism that has grown fungally from the bowels of the London underground, and hence damned hard to pin down. This probably started in some Soho cellar bar, very late one night. They might include luminaries such as Joe Whitney, She Rocola, Jake Vegas, Sexton Ming, and a host of others. They might veer wildly from louche exotica and hardcore cha-cha to Mondo film-noir swing and classic torch songs. They do a confusing, achingly beautiful version of 'Get On Our Own' by The Buzzcocks. With bells on. And recorders.Why?When pressed quite hard to attempt to explain this, Joe claimed that it 'exists in order to do what the Hell it likes...'Love them.(CLUB HELL)

Price: 5.75 GBP

Location: London

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