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Little Failures was originally founded back in 1996 in Stockholm by Fanny Holm and Lolita Ray, and the European sound in the music is obvious. In my time as reviewer here on KlubKat, I have listened to music from around the world and it becomes increasingly obvious that each area has it's particular influences. British music tends to be load and obnoxious, music from the Southern States is more blues or jazz oriented, Mainland European music tends to be more instrumental and laid back. There are exceptions, of course, but these are the influences I see in what I review.
To emphasise this point, the two tracks on "Two songs, Y'all" include both 12 and 6 string guitars, violins and cellos, penny whistles and bongos - you can't really get more laid back without being horizontal!
Track 1, "Present Tense", is the sort of quirky modern pop that I can listen to again and again. Perhaps it is a little long at 5 and a half minutes, taking a cue from the old school when songs only became classics if they were 25 minutes long and needed a special radio cut - but although this is a comment I have heard from some people, I personally think it's cut at just the right length.
About three minutes in, "Present Tense" goes into a superb instrumental which splits up the lyrics excellently and gets the feet tapping, in the same way that music used to do in the eighties.
Well, there is very little I don't like about Little Failures. Their music can be best described as catchy, the sort of thing you could hum to yourself walking down the street, and the two tracks on "2 songs, Y'all" are different enough to take them out of the bag of bands who constantly churn out the same old stuff track after track.
I can't say much else - I really like this, and strongly suggest you check out the band's website at www.littlefailures.com for the latest information. I know I will be!
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