Single Review - Casual Sex - A Perfect Storm / Pissing Neon

Post-punk revivalists, Casual Sex, release their new double A side that juxtaposes A Perfect Storm, the most gentle and rounded Casual Sex have been, with Pissing Neon, as aggressive and impulsive as live favourite National Unity.

A Perfect Storm contains soft drums playing to a click-like percussion as phased guitars swirl over gentle synth backings.  The song is simple, but this only adds to its effectiveness with the infectious chorus balanced by simple guitar lines that ooze with laid back charm, leaving you wanting ever more repeats.

The hooky chorus of A Perfect Storm is replaced with vigour and energy in Pissing Neon.  The single note guitar lines are moved from vocal counter-melodies to driving riffs accompanied with stabbing chords, whilst the drums take a more prominent role pulling the song onwards with a sense of urgency.

The comparison between these two sides is what makes this a great double A, each track complements the other, revealing two very different sides to the band.

- Ashley Leiper

Casual Sex - A Perfect Storm / Pissing Neon is out now via We Can Still Picnic and is available on download and limited edition 7" vinyl here.

Scottish Fiction Podcast - 27th October 2014

With new music from Casual Sex, John Knox Sex Club, Stanley Odd and Rustie, this week's show is a smorgasboard of delights, cruising genres and styles with scant regard for the usual boundaries. 

Our session guest on this week's show is Alan McCormack; better known as the man behind lo-fi, experimental pop band Now Wakes The Sea.  Find out the influences and background behind latest album Bildungsroman  as well as hear three stripped backed live tracks. 

Casual Sex - A Perfect Storm
Tetra - Tommy Lee Jones
CLASSIC TRACK - Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Now Wakes The Sea - Scottish Blood Reversal - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio
Fuji Above The Lightning - Devil
Wartime Tapestry - Merge
RE-MIXING IT UP - Kid Canaveral - Skeletons (AlpineSkiChampion remix)
Now Wakes The Sea - Original Bone - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio
Joan Colomo - Hort Mort - As chosen by Now Wakes The Sea
John Knox Sex Club - Minotaur
Shambles In A Husk - The TOWIE Effect
Min Diesel - Down On The Green
Sharptooth - Sister
VINYL PLAY - Camera Obscura - Desire Lines (Live at the Tron Theatre)
Now Wakes The Sea - The Shore & The Coastline - Live in Pulse 98.4 Studio
Sound Of Yell - Hitherto
CLASSIC TRACK - The Pastels - I'm Alright With You
Poor Frisco - Ghosts
Stanley Odd - Her Name Was Hip-Hop
Errant Boy - Dilate
Snide Rhythms - Acid Alliteration
Rustie - Velcro


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Scottish Fiction Podcast - 27 November 2013

There have been so many bearded singer songwriters on the show this year, that it will become enshrined that all our live guests must have facial hair.  But when there's so many folk out there making great music, it's difficult to ignore.  The latest guest live on Scottish Fiction, was Owen McLaughlin, who goes by the name Gone Wishing.  He chatted about his music, influences, differences between band and solo work, and also picked the music for the first part of the show.  There's the chance to hear three live songs too, all from his forthcoming new EP 'The Fires Of Future Strangers'.  On the show as well, there's new music from Withered Hand, There Will Be Fireworks, Casual Sex, Turtle and much much more!


Withered Hand - Black Tambourine

The National - About Today - As chosen by Gone Wishing

Gone Wishing - Hands Weigh Heavy - Live in Pulse 98.4 studio

Gone Wishing - The Fires Of Future Strangers - Live in Pulse 98.4 studio

Ryan Adams - Do I Wait - As chosen by Gone Wishing

Gone Wishing - The Confidant - Live in Pulse 98.4 studio

The Van Pelt - The Young Alchemists - As chosen by Gone Wishing

Casual Sex - Nothing On Earth
Franz Ferdinand - Bullet
There Will Be Fireworks - Youngblood
Robbie Lesiuk - Fault Lines
DEATHCATS!!! - Surfing In My Head
Hagana - Fuzzy Punch
A Sudden Burst Of Colour - Let Go Or Be Dragged
Turtle - Who Knows
The Leg - Quantum Suicide
Randolph's Leap - Psychic
Daves Like These - Honey
King Post Kitsch - The Silver Screen


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EP Review - Casual Sex - The Bastard Beat EP

Funk’s not dead.  It has been resurrected by this Glasgow four piece with a fondness for throbbing bass riffs.  Cheekily dubbed under the genre of ‘sleaze’ on their Facebook page, what you hear is what you expect from a band with a name like Casual Sex.

The Bastard Beat is the follow up to the rather spectacular Stroh 80 single released earlier this year.  However, the glorious greasiness of Stroh 80 has slid off this EP and has been replaced by manic lust.

Opener Nothing on Earth has jaunty Orange Juice-esque guitars and women chanting in unison proclaiming that ‘Daddy’s on time’.  The Bastard Beat consists of uncomfortably catchy bass and vocals that sound like the beautiful love child of Alex Kapranos and smut.

The Sound of Casual Sex is a misnomer (ooh er missus!).  Excitable guitar is coupled with a filthily addictive bass.

What’s Your Daughter For? is the definite highlight of the bunch.  It the has modest lyrics of, "the only reason we had it hot / she thought I was something I was not" and a pinch of raunchy dust thrown in for good measure.

Ooh, Casual Sex, you are awful!  But I like you.

- Holly Callender

Casual Sex - The Bastard Beat EP is out now via We Can Still Picnic Records.  Available as a 12" vinyl or download.

Scottish Ficton Podcast - 10th April 2013

So I played it safe and it never quite made it onto the playlist for the show, however this is as much political commentary as you're getting.  I'll leave the rest for you to fill in.  To the music my good man, post haste!

And what marvellous music indeed, with oodles of new stuff woven through the fabric of our little show.  Expect new tracks from Michael Cassidy, Song Of Return, Quickbeam, Algernon Doll, Casual Sex and more!  Also in the mix is our 'Cover Lover' track, a Travis cover of a famous Matt The Hoople song, this week's 'Tweet-a-track' suggestion and a 'Re-Mixing It Up' number which is a Bis remix of Arab Strap.  Top drawer!  All this and much more in the land of Scottish Fiction.

Father Sculptor - Lowlands
DanDanDan - Terminator Salvation Pogo Stick
Atlas:Empire - Michy Valentino Sleeps With The Fishes
Michael Cassidy - The Men Who Stood Beside Me In The War
Middleton Hall - Belgain Onions

Tweet-a-track - Curators - Loose Lips Sink Ships - As chosen by @kowalskiy

Where We Lay Our Heads - Keanu Leaves
Magic Eye - Flamin' Teenage
Zed Penguin - This Town
Mt. Judge - Time Machines Pt. II
The New Fabian Society - Cyclothymia
Casual Sex - Stroh 80

Cover Lover - Travis - All The Young Dudes

Donald MacDonald & The Islands - Heart Ryan Can't Fix
Sparrow And The Workshop - The Faster You Spin
Vladimir - Bleed
Great Cop - Stop Hiding
Algernon Doll - Cassini
Washington Irving - Wandering Wits

Re-Mixing It Up - Arab Strap - Turbulence (Bis Remix)

Song Of Return - Torn Between The Tides
Quickbeam - Immersed
Cleavers - I Can't Wait Around For You


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