Cousins - Secret Weapon from vince vining on Vimeo.
I picked up on Cousins following a lead from Kestrels. Both have had records out on the Noyes label of Halifax with Cousins’ ‘Secret Weapon’ / ‘Speech’ debut vinyl 7” being a part of the label’s Subscription Series. Listening to their back-catalogue of recordings on Bandcamp it’s clear to see that they’ve made a huge leap forward from 2009’s ‘Out On Town’ collection. If I were them I would wipe that merely mildly diverting indierock attempt from their history and rewrite their Year Zero with the raw and racier ‘Khyber’ cut of one year ago. That cut sets Cousins firmly in the garage, a place they set on fire with ‘Secret Weapon’. I’m looking forward to warming my hands on the blaze they create in 2012.
Oh and yeah, the reference to The Saints in the title of the post is entirely appropriate. But you already figured that, right? Alright, alright, alright.
Just bought myself a secret weapon. Very well spotted.
Posted by: Robert Watkins | January 25, 2012 at 04:45