Moving Units

So everyone is starting to get a bit tired of the classic indie-rock. That's understandable, I am too. Not only because almost everything new nowadays is sistematically tagged as indie-rock, but mostly because new bands are simply reusing old recipees which, they think, is quite tasty for the majority of people.

That's what I feel whenever I'm listening to the new tendencies of this gender. I keep the old sparks alive, but in order to develop new ones, they have to burn and crave their names in fire, in my musical heart. And I believe that's what happening with "Hexes for Exes", the new album of "Moving Units".

I was test-driving new bands, and all of them were somewhat dissapointing. I already had a bad taste of insatisfaction in my mouth, especially after listening to the new album of "1990's". But as soon as my player got to Moving Units, a nice sweet flavor of ice cream invaded my mouth immediately. They are not just indie-rock-period, there's more to it. Hexes for Exes shares an aftertaste of a post-punk theme, reminding us what would be a softcore version of White Rose Movement. The opening track "Pink Thoughts" has an Interpol feeling, which subsequently directs us straight to Joy Division. But far away from being nearly similar, the sound is polished like some diamond waiting to be sold in a disco, straight from the dance floor.
Simple, yet straight, like some old 80's revival effort.

I must confess that a big part of all the atractiveness comes from the Pulp-similar singing. This is what a neo-Pulp band would feel like I'm sure, bathed in some kind of synthetic pop which makes you want both to shake your booty and appreciate the small pleasures of slowcore punk. The album will be officially released in October 9th, and I certainly hope it gets the attention it deserves.

I'm more than happy to rate it as a 7 out of 10.