New from Foo Foo
Posted by: Anna Tooth on 22 June 2004
Hi
There is a brand new recording available from Foo Foo.
“Buy it now, and maybe we can have a second helping soon”
So wrote UK based audio magazine Hi-Fi Plus of Foo Foo’s critically acclaimed debut album, H2C.
“Sweet As Hell” is that further portion; twelve slices of observations on life as seen through the eyes of Lisa Fitzgerald and Jan Reay. Songs of love, loss, fine wine, absent drummers, the Wild West and ice cream all bound together with the sound that is unmistakeably Foo Foo.
Foo Foo is one of those rare and unique songwriting partnerships, described as “the princesses of everything, better than chocolate” by Jackie Levin. Sweet As Hell displays the lack of pretension which has become a trademark in their work, both live and recorded. The originality of their songs and harmonies is a welcome oasis in the dry desert of manufactured pop music; fresh melodies and harmonies perfect for a headlong dive into.
For those unfamiliar with the Foo Foo sound, the duo have been likened to Michelle Shocked, an acoustic Stereolab and Rickie Lee Jones. Their music is the result of combining blues, swing, ska, and folk jazz with invigorating and inspiring results. Foo Foo operate as a centrifugal force, discarding the peripheral and retaining only the best elements of these styles with the outcome that their music makes essential listening.
All songs on Sweet As Hell were written, played and sung by Lisa and Jan. Phil Ward provided fretless, fretted, electric upright bass and occasional percussion. Phil also recorded and co-produced the album.
Sweet As Hell is available to buy from our website and you can also listen to a track before you buy it. Click on the links below!
listen a new Foo track
buy a copy of Sweet As Hell
Anna
There is a brand new recording available from Foo Foo.
“Buy it now, and maybe we can have a second helping soon”
So wrote UK based audio magazine Hi-Fi Plus of Foo Foo’s critically acclaimed debut album, H2C.
“Sweet As Hell” is that further portion; twelve slices of observations on life as seen through the eyes of Lisa Fitzgerald and Jan Reay. Songs of love, loss, fine wine, absent drummers, the Wild West and ice cream all bound together with the sound that is unmistakeably Foo Foo.
Foo Foo is one of those rare and unique songwriting partnerships, described as “the princesses of everything, better than chocolate” by Jackie Levin. Sweet As Hell displays the lack of pretension which has become a trademark in their work, both live and recorded. The originality of their songs and harmonies is a welcome oasis in the dry desert of manufactured pop music; fresh melodies and harmonies perfect for a headlong dive into.
For those unfamiliar with the Foo Foo sound, the duo have been likened to Michelle Shocked, an acoustic Stereolab and Rickie Lee Jones. Their music is the result of combining blues, swing, ska, and folk jazz with invigorating and inspiring results. Foo Foo operate as a centrifugal force, discarding the peripheral and retaining only the best elements of these styles with the outcome that their music makes essential listening.
All songs on Sweet As Hell were written, played and sung by Lisa and Jan. Phil Ward provided fretless, fretted, electric upright bass and occasional percussion. Phil also recorded and co-produced the album.
Sweet As Hell is available to buy from our website and you can also listen to a track before you buy it. Click on the links below!
listen a new Foo track
buy a copy of Sweet As Hell
Anna
Yippee 
I've now got both of the Foo Foo albums. They are now among my favorite CD's. Check them out if you havn't already done so! 