If you're a fan of Mumford & Sons and looking for something along the same lines, then you may be interested in UK singer/songwriter Katie Malco. Her new EP, Katie Malco & the Slow Parade, gets a UK release on November 23rd. I'm not sure what, if any, plans there are for North America. I wouldn't be surprised to be hearing from her very shortly on our shores. Check out the track "Johnny"
Do me a favor. Press Play on the SoundCloud clip before you start reading the rest of this. Did it? Okay, good. Runaround Kids is an Indie-rock trio based out of Wakefiled, UK. Within approximately five seconds of listening to Cut Yr Losses you can probably see why I chose this track for today's post. There are varioius reasons why my ears are clinging to this song. I can't exactly pinpoint said reasons. Perhaps it's George's nonchalant yet amusing voice; maybe it's the instrumental combinations that remind me of some 1960s band; or (this [...]
Runaround Kids are a Wakefield-based trio. There is a rather large elephant in the room already, yes: I know what you're thinking, and for a moment I thought the same thing, but no, for better or worse this lot don't sound very much, if anything, like The Cribs . They're much more into fuzzy indie-pop, and today they release the lead single from forthcoming debut 'Linked Arms', due out on August 8th. 'Can't Lose Lover' is delightful, an exercise in how to write an extremely-well-crafted three-minute pop song. It's lifted head-and-shoulders above its contemporaries by a hook that [...]
Hailing from sunny Wakefield, Runaround Kids make gloriously-scuzzy DIY pop and the trio of George Garthwaite, Jack Winn and Rob Burnell have announced that their debut album will be released later this summer. Linked Arms is set for release on August 8th and if the first taster of it - Can't Lose Lover, below - is anything to go by, then we should all be in for a real treat. Runaround Kids - Can't Lose Lover * [...]
Runaround Kids , Wakefield's emerging indie-rock trio, are set to make first and lasting impressions in the summer of 2011 with their debut album Linked Arms out on August 8, 2011. The record shouts and shakes unadulterated, gloriously crafted DIY. Their first offering Cut Yr Losses is an exclusive free download for the readership of The 405. Be sure to also listen to their first single released Can't Lose Lover released July 18, 2011.
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