Chipmunk's Oopsy Daisy is out October 5th
On Thursday the 27th of August Chipmunk, one of the UK’s most exciting and fresh Urban artists, came down to the Orange RockCorps Community Youth Limited GIVE project in Deptford to get stuck in helping volunteers paint a recording studio, and to bosh out a bit of an impromptu performance for the Orange RockCorps massive.
At just 18 years of age, and having just received his A-level results, Chipmunk has already achieved so much, including scooping the Best Newcomer Award at the 2008 MOBO Awards, collaborations with Ironik and Tinchy Stryder, and a hit single, Diamond Rings, which peaked at number 6 in the UK charts. However, it could just be that latest single Oopsy Daisy, due for release in early October, from debut album I Am Chipmunk (release date October 12th), will be the track that propels Chip into megastardom in the UK Urban / Pop scene.
With a banging 2/4 Dance beat, a simple piano chord ostinato, retro pop-hook synth lines, a potentially massive chorus hook, and a mellow and sombre tone dealing with relationship issues, Oopsy Daisy is the perfect follow up to the massive Diamond Rings. Catchy, poignant, lyrically brilliant and full of signature cheeky Chipmunk charm, Ooopsy Daisy is another rung on one hell of a career ladder for this rising star.
Chipmunk is hitting the festival circuit hard this summer, and will be touring with Tinchy Stryder and Robot Boy in September so check him out at a venue near you.
Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro
Scottish Rock Gods Biffy Clyro are back with yet another epic, apocalyptic monster of a track, That Golden Rule, which is to be released tomorrow (Monday the 24th of August ’09), from new album Only Revolutions (set for release October this year). Biffy fans will be pleased to know that the band are again working with Puzzle producer Garth Richardson, who played such a huge part in the album that catapulted the trio into the mainstream in 2007, but the direction will be more ‘classic Biffy’, as stated by drummer Ben Johnston in an XFM interview.
Following on from the incredibly successful and highly acclaimed ’non-album’ single Mountains from 2008 was never going to be easy – Mountains being by far their most commercially appealing effort, peaking at number 5 in the UK. However with signature Biffy, distortion-doused, whirlwind riff-driven verses, characterised by that standard Simon Neil growl, and high tempo, Punky drum lines, juxtaposed against delicate, beautiful, sparse and stripped down choruses with descending melodies, That Golden Rule holds its own. The track is essentially split into two parts – the second being a jaw-droppingly immense piece of Classical-infused instrumental Rock, with irregular, start-stop rhythms, and heavy powerchord progressions mimicked by a powerful string section blasting out intense melodic riffs.
That Golden Rule is both challenging and infectious to the modern rock fan. With stadium worthy, chant-along choruses and complicated polyrhythms it is instantly accessible and yet also undoubtedly genius in musicality – a real work of art to rival even Mountains.
