I Blame Coco
Overnight shifts are the bain of my existence. I don’t know if you have to do them – I do. Every couple of weeks. And for those nine hours, from 11PM to 8AM, I die slowly inside. I’m just thankful I have to sit in front of a computer – the amount of new music I find this way is ridiculous. Enter I Blame Coco.
Do you like Sting? I’m not his biggest fan, but if you have any kind of Police prejudice, I suggest you stop reading, for Coco Sumner, singer for I Blame Coco, is the sunshine of his life; his daughter. She even sounds like him, a little.
Her husky voice is something different, and her ability to string a song together is up there, but the LYRICS! I have never been much of a lyrics listener, but when I listened to I Blame Coco, I instantly updated my Facebook page status with some great one-liners. Never Be begins as one of those catchy songs that produce images of white sand, gentle waves and Coronas in my head, and then BAM: Are we in love?/Maybe in my mind/Are we in love?/We can compromise. That line, along with a few of the others throughout the track, pretty much sum up my entire teenage years lusting after a boy that never really loved me back. There is no teenage girl out there who hasn’t experienced that in their life. And this is what I Blame Coco are about – for a girl of 18, Sumner writes from the heart of experiences, that wishful thinking, that are true to her, but real to you and me at the same time.
Could I be overreacting? Sure – I did find I Blame Coco around halfway through my overnight shift last night at around three in the morning, and I am still a little tired, so my judgement could be a bit off. But even if I can’t sell you on the lyrics, subject yourself to the quiet piano and distant strumming of Sumner’s electric on Never Be; the simple drum beat and relaxed picking of Bohemian Love; and the bouncy horns of Silencio, and tell me you don’t find I Blame Coco’s music easy to listen to. Go on. Just try.
I Blame Coco haven’t released an EP yet, but I wanted to introduce you to a little bit of English goodness anyway. Their Myspace tracks are by far better, in my opinion, than the sounds I’ve treated you to. The singles they have released are a good indication of things to come, and have convinced me at least to keep one eye peeled on their comings-and-goings. One to watch for sure.
I Blame Coco – Never Be
I Blame Coco – Bohemian Love
I Blame Coco – Silencio
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