Songoftheday: “Chainsaw” by Daniel Merriweather
You should be more than familiar with Australian born vocalist, Daniel Merriweather, who brought to life Mark Ronson’s “Stop Me” off of the critically acclaimed cover album Version. If not, then here you go.
To date, Merriweather only has two singles; “City Rules” with rapper Saigon (yup, the dude from Entourage – and yup, I watch that), and “She’s Got Me” from Mark Ronson’s 2004 album Here Comes The Fuzz. Merriweather’s debut album, Love and War, due May in the UK and June in the US on Ronson’s Allido label, is already majorly Ronsofied (he is also producing it).
The lead single “Chainsaw” (below) is an infectious 60’s style Pop-R&B track in the vein of Ronson’s other prodigy, Amy Winehouse. Still riding the wave of the success of “Stop Me’ (Version is nominated for a ton of big awards on both sides of the pond), the funky instrumentation and smooth vocals should push him into the spotlight with no trouble. Let’s just hope he doesn’t end up on Youtube with bleach blonde hair smoking on a crack pipe. Daniel, crack is whack!
You can check out other new tracks, “For Winter” and “I Think I’m In Love,” on his Space, as well as a slew of live performances of “Stop Me.”
*Since you’re here, you can also check out the new Mark Ronson video for his reinvention of Radiohead’s “Just” (Featuring Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet), the 4th single off of Version.
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Songoftheday.
Tags: Daniel Merriweather, Mark Ronson
Comments
Comment from paula
Time July 6, 2008 at 9:01 am
AHHHHHHH HELP
When and How can I get his Album???
I LOVE HIS MUSIC!!!!!!!!
Comment from Trish Broadhead
Time February 10, 2008 at 9:14 am
and since your here you can check out more pics, more tracks and more info in general on this wonderful artist! And with the Mark Ronson tour kicking off this thursday there will be even more pics and videos and info going up over the next month!!
Great article, thanks. We know Dan will be huge this year!! xx