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Songs like "Apple Pie Bed" will continue to creep like sun through cloud til the summer finally, finally arrives. That is, songs made by men with beards and surfer haircuts that sound perfect for strolling tree-lined avenues with pretty girls in sunglasses, the breeze slyly wafting pheromones her way from the sweat spreading about your 'pit. Fucking bliss is what it is, and a little bit of that's buried itself in Lawrence Arabia's darling soul.
Sounds Like: Peter Bjorn and John, Ancient Crux, Fleet Foxes taking a day off from the farm to go swimming and chew gum
Lawrence Arabia - Apple Pie Bed
Have we got any Roy Orbison in the RCRD LBL vaults to link through to? No? I didn't even check truth be told. Still, Girls are here now and their doo-wop'll do just fine; "Solitude" a throwback to a simpler era when all you needed to communicate lovesickness were slow guitar arpeggios and a wobbling croon. A song so tender you feel the physical version of it would bruise when you picked it up.
Sounds Like: Deerhunter, Ancient Crux, Roy Orbison
Girls - Solitude
Previously:
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace
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Even if their influences and sounds are about as wide-swinging and sweetly varied as what's going on in their home base of Atlanta, "Sea Level" seems the perfect introduction to the Howlies. A straight-ahead rock 'n roll burner with Chuck Berry flourishes, earworm vocal turns and lyrical allusions you could file under "CORRUPTING BABES," it's an awfully electric mission statement. Plus, they totally bark and howl like wolves. Try that out the next time you're talking to a lady. Works. Every. Time.
OH YEAH: If you wish to devour more of zee Howlies, please come back in a week's time for an extra special exclusive of brachiosaurus-sized proportions. That's nerd for gigantic. And awesome.
Sounds Like: Velvet Underground, Black Lips, The Hives
Download: Howlies - Sea Level
