There’s something special happening in Inverkip. Just an hour west from Glasgow, it’s a quaint village home to a beach, a really good ice cream shop and your favourite new band. The Cords are Eva and Grace Tedeschi – two sisters brought (even closer) together through their shared love for groups like The Umbrellas, The Cure, BMX Bandits, Heavenly. Eva and Grace (surrounded by the very excellent music collection of Mum and Dad) had been playing music for a while; the two of them learning drums with the help of Lesley McLaren at Rig Arts in Greenock, but it wasn’t until they began playing together at Lesley’s Rock School that The Cords really took shape. It was here they met Carla J. Easton, and Eva and Grace went from jamming together in the living room to starting a real life pop band.
Recorded over the course of a few days with Simon Liddell and Jonny Scott Bo’s New Haircut/Rather Not Stay is the duo’s first recording, despite having a load of live performances and covers under their belt. The title track, which is a fast paced shimmer of in-yr-face pop, is sung from the perspective of family best pal and pet dog Bo. “I think it might be cool if I looked like you, give me a new haircut and I will be happy” says Eva, and it’s impossible not to fall in love with their simple musings on life. Rather Not Stay, the longer track of the two, gently simmers with bright chords into the best pop song you’ve ever heard.
This isn’t C86…this is C24 and The Cords are leading the way.