Another Hit from Zebra Hunt

While I’m still catching up on music from last week, I’m sad I missed the drop of this new Zebra Hunt tune…so why not get it out now. I feel like the band’s channeling an updated version of classic American songwriting; it hits like a more upbeat hit that the Boss might have churned out. There’s a natural pick-up in the style of the guitars, similar to like-minded acts bouncing around right now, though I’m partial to how they work in conjunction with the vocals. I guess since it’s the early days of Spring, it’s only fitting that this song makes me feel like the band are blossoming into pop superstars (in so far as my opinion counts). Their new LP In Phrases will be released via Tenorio Cotobade real soon!

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Pleased to Meet You: Ginnels

ginnelsI owe a huge debt of gratitude to Finest Kiss for turning me onto this great tune/band.  Ginnels are an Irish band, who up unit know seem to have made albums of compilations, but their newest, A Country Life, is said to be the group’s first focused LP; you’re not going to find a greater piece of pop than this today.  There are obvious touches of pop all over the record, from indiepop to Elephant 6, showing a band who know their way around the great tradition of pop songwriting.  This is the first song on the record that I couldn’t stop playing, though others followed pretty soon after.  You can pick it up from Tenorio Cotobade.