Bright Black is the latest single from New York based London Plane who are named after my cities most populous tree and thankfully not after the Plane Trees of Thika. The bands two main contributors David Mosey and Jessica Cole were first introduced to each other by Psychedelic furs Joe McGinty at the Lou Reed Tribute show in New York in 2014 and London Plane is the result of that introduction. Bright Black comes off of the bands second album that's due out shortly.
The Ep opens with Bright Black a goth pop anthem against war and the dark abyss we seem to be circling currently, with dual vocals from David Mosey and Jessica Cole that weave between the guitars.
Watch That Madman Go has the sort of foreboding and dread the title deserves without being a totally doom-laden tune. With backing vocals sounding like they are being spoken through a loud hailer, we are invited to look at just what the madman is up too with a bassline solo that goes all a Certain Ratio and Balaam And The Angel style guitars with Jessica's vocals recalling a younger sounding Vi Subversa.
The first version of Francesco is the English version that drives along at a good dancefloor goth pace with shards of guitars and a cool synth bassline. Somewhere between Torch Song and the more arabesque end of The Cure's 80's material. The second version of Francesco is the Italian language version that sound like the same mix only with Italian lyrics which is cool.
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