Knife Mania!

I won't be discouraged the lack of traffic, I promise! Anyway, I'm going to add three new tracksw to the tally today, both of them by a superb Belgian band called Ghinzu (after the knives). My initial reaction when I heard them was to think "Muse", but really they've got a style quite to their own. Either way, they got relatively famous both in France and Belgium, who are as some might know Muse-lovers anyway. They sing in English, and some of the lyrics of the album can be a bit kinky. I find them pretty impressive, and I'm reliably informed that they are fan-bloody-tastic live, which all made me wonder why they've barely broken into the mainstream in other countries such as Italy and Germany... I'm guessing there are quite a few bands making relatively similar music, but I still find them special. Also, their drummer was a part of dEUS in their early days (before their first EP), something I only just realised the other day - but according to some, this isn't much of an achievement because everyone in Belgium seems to have been in dEUS at some point or another. Oh.

I unfortunately have never been able to get my hands on their first album (it is out of circulation), but you can listen to the tracks from that one on ghinzu.com . It's good listening, but not as good as "Blow", which I find has a far more advanced blend of music.

The first song was their one and only hit, "Do You Read Me", featured on the CD of Rock Mag (french version of kerrang), and also one of my favourite tracks of all time. It's not your usual indie style, but still listenable by anyone's standards:

Ghinzu - Do You Read Me

Song number two, "Dragster Wave", is much slower in its build up and I find the piano's little solos magnificent. This was actually the first song that I heard of theirs, and it caught my attention instantly! Still haven't understood what it's actually bout though.

Ghinzu - Dragster Wave

Lastly, "Mine" reminds me of an older song but I can't quite put my finger on it - which is why I'm posting it, it might come to someone else, you never know!

Ghinzu - Mine

That is all for today I'm afraid, stay tuned for more though (all 2 of you who have downloaded my other two songs)