The Low Miffs: Earl Grey / This Is The New
By
Dan MacIntosh 6 July 2007
This two-song release is even too short to be called an EP. In fact, it’s closer to the old 45 RPM days where you got both an A and B side. The Low Miffs are a five-piece from Glasgow, Scotland, and claim equal influence from both Bertolt Brecht and Bruce Springsteen. “Earl Grey” begins slow and quiet, a little bit like “Heroin” by The Velvet Underground. But it then speeds up with skittish electronic guitar strums that may remind you of Franz Ferdinand. “This Is The New”, on the other hand, is more melodic and a more straight-forward pop-rock song. The Low Miffs will likely appeal to fans of the aforementioned Franz Ferdinand for their pop smarts.
Dan MacIntosh is a freelance writer from Bellflower, California, “The friendly city”. He’s married with two children, two cats, one dog, one bunny, and one bird. He earned his B.A. degree in Communications (emphasis Public Relations) from California State University, Fullerton in 1986. By day, he works for a software company (Ah, but doesn’t everybody these days?), and in the evenings he works at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts where he is hardly recognizable in a suit and tie. He also dearly loves his church, Calvary Baptist Church, Bellflower, where he is a deacon, a praise choir member, and a small group leader. He also plays guitar, but mainly in the privacy of his home.
The Low Miffs - Earl Grey
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