Blog: The Blue Walrus

The Route One approach works - there may be merit to music being complex and multi-layered, but there are other times when nothing but the most straightforward material will do. It often has much more impact, too - just ask Fast Years [ Twitter / Facebook ]. To put it bluntly, the Brooklyn band don't fuck about. They've only been on the scene for a short while after forming last year, but they've been making a name for themselves with some of the most thrillingly direct indie-pop that I've heard all year. Their six-song debut EP is wonderfully consistent, but [...]