A friend passed me a CD-R in a white cardboard sleeve with the words NOT COOL scrawled over it in biro a few weeks ago. It wasn’t a comment on how hip I am (ie. not in the slightest) but rather the name of her favourite new band. And now they’re one of mine now too.

Now admittedly on first look I was a bit meh…

Cute, yes. But three skinny guitar dweebs in oversized shirts touting frenzied guitar scuzz? So far so whatever. And it’s certainly no big wows to hear they count Pavement, Dinosaur Jr. and No Age as influences when you listen to single 'Wonderful Beasts'.

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