Whoa Melodic is Michael Wood, a Walthamstow based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. You may already know him from his previous band Michaelmas, or even as a member of the Hayman Kupa Band (with Hefner’s Darren Hayman, and Standard Fare’s Emma Kupa) and Steven Adams’ band (with the Broken Family Band frontman).
For his stag do, his friends dressed Michael up as Sergeant Pepper-era McCartney, more recently he went to a fancy dress party as Lee Hazlewood – drop in a smattering of Squeeze, World Party and the Lilac Time and you have nailed the tune drenched sound of Whoa Melodic… and yes, it’s melodic too, naturally.
The self-titled debut long player will be released on wiaiwya early in 2019, and ‘Disappointed Pessimist’ is the first single to be released from the album:
"Disappointed Pessimist is about the times when nothing’s going right and you’re frustrated with the world. The music was quite upbeat so I thought I’d try and be a bit silly with the lyrics. Imagine being a pessimist that IS disappointed! Sometimes it’s good to be serious and meaningful and sometimes you need to make a noise with the farfisa organ and get the Vibraslap out of the percussion box."
supported by 19 fans who also own “Disappointed Pessimist”
Just a great and varied collection of songs from all sorts of different acts. I buy this festival record annually and will continue to do so. Gavin Hellyer
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