ARTIST i:Candy
Basically, thre's not much more to say than this! "i:Candy claim to be "ready to reclaim the word pop back from the reality world that stole it" which - alongside that cheeky-but-quite-clever name - is a pretty good manifesto to start with. They play enthusiastic energetic power-pop that's a bit punky, a bit glam, a bit indie, and with a delightful fuck-off-silly-boys slant courtesy of mouthy singer Ashli. She's like a 21st century alcopopped-up decendant of the likes of Fay Fife from the Rezillos; all pop fun without shop mannequin airbrushing whilst the lads provide a rock-solid backdrop. I'm not sure if my favourite's "Not My Boyfriend" ("...you're just a one-night snog") or the one about boys who really can't dance. The critics might salivate over Girls Aloud in some desperate attempt to show their pop credentials in these "uncool is the new cool" times, but this is the real thing." ManchesterMusic.co.uk Ashli, Tom, Jack, Dan and Oli welcome you to the world of i:Candy, ready to reclaim the word pop back from the reality world that stole it. Remember that POP is short for POPULAR – it’s not a dirty word, not a word to be viewed and used with derision. When allied with real live chiming guitars, booming drums and a female vox that any girl would die for, prefix-POP grabs back its credibility and stands up loud and proud and says to the world: “I am POP, I am POPULAR, I am what I am.” i:Candy – Pop-indie, Pop-rock, Pop-funk: call it what you want, but just simply call it every bit of music that you’ve ever liked. Unmanufactured and real, songs that tell stories, that live lives; songs that actually mean something instead of the vacuous sap that drips out of reality trees around the world. Dreaming as if they’re going to live forever, living as if they’re going to die today, dancing like non-one’s watching – that’s the world that’s thrown up i:Candy www.myspace.com/icandyukmusic
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