Trailer Trash Tracys come from London and are a boy-girl shoegaze duo. Yes, they try to make 50s girl group harmonies and fuzzy distorts meet. Yes, they use that drum pattern that might remind on of The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las and then throw in a feedback that is so typical to My Bloody Valentine. And, yes, just like them, TTT mix melodies and distortion beautifully. Yes, Susanne Aztoria’s ethereal voice (a strange mix between Elizabeth Frazer and Siouxsie Sioux) is almost hidden in the layers of the instrumental. But for once, there’s honesty and heart in the equation, more the controlled utter boredom and detachment that seems typical to such bands. And this is what makes single ‘Candy Girl’ an amazing musical trip, if not great proof that TTT are a contender for the ‘new My Bloody Valentine’ seat.
The B-side ‘You Wish You Were Red’ starts with a sort of post-punk version of the infamous ‘Be My Baby’ drum pattern. However, it evolves into an out-of-this-world lo-fi ballad that seems to borrow its broken voice and guitars from Joe Meek’s ‘I Hear A New World’.
*Photo courtesy of No Pain In Pop
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