Something about the debut record by this band just gets my blood rushing and my mouth smiling. Heard it yet? Any thoughts?
The guy Alec Ounsworth's got a freaky-annoying voice, and the music is nothing groundbreaking or earthshaking, it's just a re-envisioning of indie rock that is greater, far greater than the sum of its parts. The songs are buoyant and refreshing, balls dangling free and easy and joy to the world and screw you if you don't get it. Influences and comparisons jump immediately to mind (Talking Heads, Broken Social Scene, and VU spring forward whenever I listen, for what that's worth), but none of them hold up under scrutiny.
Apparently they're being pursued by the label lobby, and before too long I'd expect them to re-release the record, which they put out and distribute themselves right now (also available through Insound).
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