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DOWNLOAD: The Wave Pictures

Posted 3/28/2008 12:05 PM by Cameron Cook

Tags: lo fi, rock, indie

Some songs are meant to sound like they were recorded in a washing machine, and the tunes we are releasing today by London three-piece The Wave Pictures are of that variety—deliciously lo-fi, living in a dimension where the quality (or lack thereof) of the tracks is directly proportional to the aspect of realness and sincerity the song conveys. Simply put: this is for real.

“Airplanes at Brescia” has a distinct ‘60s tinge to it, as if the Yardbirds had met up with Joe Meek in some London pub somewhere and decided to bang out a song in the men’s bathroom, while “Long Island” is dirty, dirty Britpop, which up until now sounded so oxymoronic we would have never fathomed its existence (the track also references “The Real Slim Shady”, need we say more?). The Wave Pictures have been gigging around the UK on and off for the past decade, but now with a recording deal with esteemed indie label Moshi Moshi, it looks like they may finally be poised to hit the big time, such as it were. We’ll be keeping our ears peeled for more tracks from them in the near, near future.

Download: The Wave Pictures - Airplanes at Brescia

Download: The Wave Pictures - Long Island

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