Another place, another name, another sleepless night

The equation: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck's "Heaven Can Wait" + Alex Turner's (of the Arctic Monkeys) + A Smokey Jazz Club + Scotland + Chicago (the musical, not the band)= Codeine Velvet Club's "Vanity Kills. In reality the singer is actually a duet between Lou Hickey and Jon Lawler (of the Fratellis). The song is super catchy with its kind of hypnotic backing vocals and then entices you with the accents and the showtune-esque melody.

Codeine Velvet Club is new to the music scene but founder Jon Lawler has a pretty established music career with the Fratellis (not one of my favorite bands, although "Whistle For The Choir" is decent-the cuteness factor is off the chart, kinda made me gag not unlike "Hey There Delilah," both continue to be guilty pleasures...). All in all the song makes a pretty big statement for this new Lawler project.

Don't really have much more to say about Codeine Velvet Club other than from what I've heard/seen so far they are a pretty classy band (see: "Hollywood"). I will not be surprised if these guys hit it big in the next year. Look out for them!

"Vanity Kills" by Codeine Velvet Club from Codeine Velvet Club (2009)

"Hollywood" by Codeine Velvet Club from Codeine Velvet Club (2009)

-S