This is a new series, kind of inspired by Dirk.
Our dear friend from Germany is currently entertaining us with an alphabetical rundown of his favourite 111 singles, all of which he has gone out of his way in recent years to ensure he has a copy.
In recent weeks, he’s mentioned that a couple of the acts have given him some problems in terms of having anything to say in terms of background as there is so little information, even in this modern age when t’internet is full of facts and figures.
It got me thinking that I could do a semi-regular feature on singers or bands of whom I’ve just one song on the hard drive, but only on the basis that I actually like the song. This is quite an important aspect, as almost all the instances where I have just one song will involve it having been part of a compilation of one sort or the other, and let’s be brutally honest about things, compilation albums/CDs often have stinkers.
I’m kicking things off with something that was on Indietracks 2016
mp3: Alimony Hustle – BNOC
It’s a fine couple of minutes of indie pop/rock, one which sounds as if it has been made by just more than two people.
Alimony Hustle consisted (and I’m using the past tense as I’m reckoning they are no more) of Leah Pritchard (guitars/vocals) and Matt Mndolo (drums/bass/vocals). There’s not a huge amount about them out there, but I have ascertained they were from Bristol, while this bandcamp page reveals there were two singles in 2015 and one in 2017. Their inclusion on the Indietracks 2016 compilation is an indication they played the festival that year.
There’s a great one-liner on the bandcamp page. ‘the non white stripes’.
BNOC was the duo’s second single, released digitally on 9 September 2015. It does look as if all their releases were of the digital variety as there’s no physical product available vis Discogs.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 