Union Of Knives - Art Attack
If I'm reading the 'target demographic' of the 'ChartBlog audience' right, some of you have studied art at some point, or are possibly studying art right now. So, when told that the experimental synth trio Union Of Knives (or Onion Of Knives, as they are known around these parts) have come up with a musical installation in response to a four-part series of enormous paintings, for the Tate Gallery, well, we can all get behind that, right? It's a valid idea, innit?
That's one of the paintings, by the way. It's called Primavera (Spring), it comes from an installation/sculpture/pile of paintings called Quattro Stagioni and it's by an artist who luxuriates under the name of Cy Twombly.
Let's just pause awhile to enjoy that name, shall we? Cy Twombly...
As a description of a really wet indie fan coming over all unnecessary, possibly at the thought of sharing a handshake with one of Belle & Sebastian (*Sigh Trembly!*, geddit?), it's hard to beat...
Anyway, the other three paintings represent the other three seasons in similarly abstract fashion. By contrast, the song 'Four Seasons', which is the contribution made by the Union Of Knives and which can be heard at the , is perhaps a little, what's the word...stark? Unwelcoming? No! WINTRY, that's it. So, that's at least a quarter of the job done.
Oh, and the band also have a single out called 'Evil Has Never', which, despite the dark title, is a lot poppier. Wanna hear it? Right you are...
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And on an entirely unrelated note...have you SEEN what the new White Stripes album is going to be called?
'ICKY THUMP'
Yes! A slight variation on the Northern expression that your dad thought was hilarious when the Goodies (ask him) turned it into the Yorkshire martial art (go on, ASK HIM!).
Seriously...
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