Summer Cats
Wed 16 Dec 2009
Melbourne Cats
The debut album from Melbourne five-piece Summer Cats thanks, among others, pop kids everywhere. For said kids, swooning to the legacy of C-86 bands, Songs for Tuesday is a wonderful treat. Taking cues from the last 25 years of underground pop music, Summer Cats know that having FUN is the best way to make music. Sweet boy/girl vocals, fuzzed out guitar and upbeat rhythms combine the likes of Talulah Gosh, Stereolab, The Chills, and Spiderbait in to a giddy thrill and could soundtrack countless bedroom dance parties.
Summer Cats’ songs are short, effortlessly poppy, and mainly concern issues of the heart. ‘Maybe Pile’ deals with indecisiveness in love; ‘Christopher Wren’ is a witty love note about architect Christopher Wren. Plus, gorgeous organ tones fill many of the tracks. Songs for Tuesday is the band’s first full length and is out on High Spot in Australia and on Slumberland Records in the States. They’ve also released a bunch of singles on super cute labels like Miami’s Cloudberry Records, and London’s WeePOP! A little over three years old, the two girl/three guy group recently toured the West Coast of the US with The Tartans.
Their Myspace background is the same pastiche as the album cover and also features a charming, long running, blog series titled Cat Years.
Posted by David Klein under Australia
December 20th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
really cool. nice find! thanks