Bowerbirds - "Upper Air"
Discovery - "LP"
Stellastarr* - "Civilized"
WWPJ - "These Four Walls"
jj - jj nº 2
WWTB?
Another week, another round of releases worthy of your money.
- Bowerbirds - Upper Air (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Discovery - LP (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- Stellastarr* - Civilized (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
- jj - jj nº 2 (buy the CD/buy the MP3s)
Discovery - “Orange Shirt”
Discovery is the unlikely side project built from members of two bands I wouldn’t necessarily have put together: Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot. This odd couple doesn’t just work, it kills. Their debut album, the coyly titled LP, is a blast from start to finish. Drenched in synthesizers and handclaps (with no shortage of Auto-Tune), the music doesn’t sound like Vampire Weekend or Ra Ra Riot, but rather has a more trippy, R&B-cum-indie vibe that’s near impossible to get out of my head. LP should prove to be one of the summer’s most fun albums, so track down a copy when it’s released on July 7th.
