Smith Westerns // Dye It Blonde

We can't get enough of Smith Westerns. Thankfully, NPR must have felt our painful anticipation of the boys' new record and are willing to indulge us by streaming the record, in full, on their site.

A little bit glam, a little bit garage, even on first listen it's got 'you will be listening to this all year' all over it. Here's a choice selection, or head to NPR for the lot.

Smith Westerns - Dye It Blond by revolutioncontemporaine

Smith Westerns // Weekend II

Further to our post declaring Smith Western's new single Weekend as the boys' finest, shiniest pop achievement to date, they've further whetted our excitement for the new album with a quite brilliant video. A typical Western weekend apparently includes video arcades, Claire's Accessories, cheese-slathered nachos and tree felling. I know what I'll be doing come Saturday.

Smith Westerns // Weekend

Perhaps it's the influence of a US tour in support of London's own Florence that explains the sense of unveiling that accompanies the new single from Smith Westerns. Their 2009 debut, full of carefree melody and distracted mumblings, was a joy of fuzzy lo-fi but, while the hazy reverb remains, the boys have stepped up to the foreground and into outstanding pop clarity.

The new album 'Dye It Blonde' will follow on Fat Possum in the new year and, if Weekend is anything to go by, 2011 is off to a flyer. See 'em at the Windmill or Luminaire before the month is out.

Smith Westerns - Weekend by forcefieldpr

The Smith Westerns // Tonight

No Action's been meaning to post this vid from Chicago's fabulous glam-gazers The Smith Westerns for a while. Partly for the greatness that is the track, bottling Bolan's knowing glamour and mixing a thoroughly modern nonchalance that has had the hype-makers cooing and making come-hither eyes in the band's direction. But equally to point out what British broadcasting is missing in a show as seemingly ridiculous as Chic-a-go-go. Like Roland Rat presenting Later at a Butlins end of season disco. Yes!