Shopping -
Consumer Complaints (2013)
Black Cat just re-released this London-based band's debut for the US market, ahead of a planned sophomore album later this year. Upbeat post-punk with groovy baselines and female vocals. I keep reading people mentioning
Gang of Four when talking about their sound, but no one mentions
Pylon. They sound exactly like Pylon to me. And that's ok, because Pylon is awesome.
Pinkunoizu -
The Drop (2013)
I put this in my streaming queue maybe 6 months ago, and have heard a few songs but never the full album until now. These Danes produce neo-psychedelia I suppose, with predominantly female vocals but the music takes precedence and the lyrics are not always intelligible (there's likely a mix of Danish and English). It's pretty out there, with a good bit of krautrock influence, but then you get a song in the middle like "The Swollen Map" that's mellow with soft English vocals, that could almost be considered indie pop. That's a pretty cool one, and it gets musically interesting toward the end before a smooth transition into the next one, with some male vocals this time - also in English. Hell, there's definitely some interesting stuff on here and I'll have to keep it in rotation.