Tuesday 12 October 2010

Soda Pop in the Soda Shop




















America in the 1950's looked liked quite a cool place to be with it's pep rally's, making out at the drive-in (also known as 'passion pits') and high schools where people sung instead of talking right?!

It also saw the rise of Rock 'n' Roll with the likes of Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly and that chap who died on the toilet. It was an incredible time for Jazz; saw the revival of American folk music and some artist called Jackson Pollock with the early beginnings of pop art. I haven't even touched on cinema with Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, James Dean and Montgomery Clift....crikey what a decade. Anyway back to the music....

So yeah anyway this band from Brooklyn called Soda Shop made up of Maria from Selebrities, along with Drew from Horse Shoes sound like America in the 1950's summed up in song. Imagine you are in a diner ordering a coke float and a cheese burger with a side of fries and track 'Farewell' comes on the juke box. It's not something you would hand jive to but it has fey indie pop guitar riffs and glockenspiels striking right through it with dreamy doo-wop vocals making this first and hopefully not the last offering from Soda Shop something to keep on repeat. I wait in anticipation for further tracks from this band.

Apparently a famous pass time in the 50's was crushing as many people as you can into a telephone booth....so I'm off to do that now! sounds well fun.