Eat Your Birthday Cake
“You With That Short Hair”
There is something pretty fresh sounding about this track. It’s got a little of that Nada Surf “Popular” talking verse action. It’s also got that 90’s slacker-hypnotic thing. I’m hypnotized.
“You With That Short Hair” is admiration from a comfortable distance. The separation is evident, but not as pervasive as the attraction. The palpable nerves are endearing, if not entirely admirable. Reservations are not a sign of weakness, but a fact of reality.
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The Heurs
“The Best Thing”
Here is a really odd track. The first 2 min are like some really catchy demo of an early 90’s radio ready/sitcom theme pop song and then it abruptly changes… I just keep listening to it. I just keep listening. Get it.
Gross Magic
“Sweetest Touch”
From The Sweet Sound of Nothing’s Bandcamp page:
Gross Magic is Brighton based dude Sam McGarrigle, this is his debut release “Teen Jamz EP” featuring 5 tracks recalling the pop sensibility of ELO, the grunge riffs of early Nirvana, the care-free adolescence of Loser-era Beck and the lo-fi production of Ariel Pink.
-nuff said.