Yuck // Daughter

Doesn't that look a cosy place to be? Nestled in the moist warmth of Yuck's armpits and matted hair. Smells like contentment, feels like happiness.

Much the same effect applies when listening to their free-to-download new single Daughter, enveloping you as it does in furry guitar reverb, aiming as high as Postal Service and nigh on getting there. The ambition of Yuck is admirable, riding the wave of their former members' fleeting yet deserved notoriety with Cajun Dance Party to nail support slots with Japandroids most recently and Modest Mouse and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart most imminently. More shoe-gazing epics like Daughter, echoed by surging garage like early single Georgia, suggest much to come from the London-based foursome.

Their new EP Weakend is out on August 2nd. In the meantime, get your ears around Daughter from their blog, or listen to Weakend below.

Yu(c)k - Weakend from Yuck on Vimeo.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart // Say No To Love

If anyone was becoming unsure as to what 'indie' means as a genre any more, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's new single is pretty much as close as you can get to a complete definition. Twee, guitar driven, upbeat pop twinned with a a subject matter of accepted, eloquent resignation.

"Something’s coming, but nothing ever does. Something’s coming, you better say no to love", the boys sing, as Peggy slacks around and sticks her head out of car windows in a manner that screams carefree. See this and other summery pursuits in full below and the real-life record is out on Slumberland now.