The Neat // Hips

Mixing the post punk agit of The Fall and XX Teens with the essential weirdness of La Shark, Hull's The Neat are rising nicely and preparing the release of new single Hips on Kaiser Chiefs' label Chewing Gum Records.

The video is an anxious, intense experience and, while while earlier track Youth Is Pleasure is probably superior, the band have much in their locker. They'll be in London three time in the next few weeks as they traverse the isles, and are definitely worth a look.

The Neat - In Youth Is Pleasure by The Cockpit

Local favourites // La Shark

From this week forth No Action will be highlighting the fine work of some of London's primest cuts, in a series sensibly titled 'Local favourites'.

First up, New Cross's La Shark. Harnessing Beefheart's experimental spirit and a distinctly London DIY-punk ethic, the product is deliciously offbeat synth-pop with prog leanings. Perhaps a cross-breed of XX Teens' darkly surreal delivery and Micachu and The Shapes' genre defiance. Bones and recent single A Weapon could well see them propelled into brighter limelights, while 1958 is currently free to download from their site. Catch it while it's hot.