Hockey “Too Fake”
On “Too Fake”, a indie-dance rock tune supplied by Portland, Oregon buzz band Hockey, it’s not entirely clear whether front-man Benjamin Grubin is either stricken with ADHD or peaks of drunken confusion as he stumbles his way through several doses of contradictory dialogue (“Everybody’s watching oh but nobody cares/ Oh wait…Nobody’s watching but everybody cares/…Oh whatever, talk to you later”).
What is firmly established, though, is that his sexy Mick Jagger-meets-Prince persona and “too cool for the room” ‘tude nicely flatters the track’s verse foundation of electro burbles and throbbing basslines; not to mention the way a certain Rod Stewart-rasp in his voice is exposed once “Fake”‘s thrilling new wave-built rush of a chorus arrives.
Grubin may not be able to figure out whether he’s “just too fake for this world” or just “got too much soul for this world” (or, somewhat confusingly, both), but with tracks like “Too Fake” and other MySpace-featured delights like “Song Away” and the slinky, disco-flirting romp “Work”, we get the sense that “this world” will definitely be better off as more and more people get in tune with what Hockey is cooking.
Look for their Mad Chaos LP to drop around May/ June.
DL: “Too Fake” (alt)
heard too fake on radio1 a few weeks ago…went to hmv to buy and they didnt have it…the phrase new management comes to mind!;-) seriously love the track…the intro very revererendish… the rest quality love the voice!…just seen vid on mixtape…and have to say it and meant in best way..soz dont know your name lead singer…you remeind me of marc bolan aka trex…looking forward to more quality tunes!
I’m totally diggin these guys! Indie/rock buzz bands always disappoint me because they all sound similar, but Hockey isn’t afraid of a little synth. Check out my post on portland bands at http://terriblesting.blogspot.com/