Incoming: The Whigs, Vampire Weekend, Sons & Daughters

Second in a series of quick impressions of albums I recently dug out of my mail bin, based on only a couple spins.

 
The Whigs, "Mission Control" (Jan. 22, ATO Records): You like this album the same way you like a fellow who is just drunk enough so that he tells you nothing but the truth. The boozy garage rock from these Athenians gets no points for inventiveness, but I'm giving them a lifetime hall pass for nicking Dinosaur Jr. Drink up.

||| Download: "Right Hand on My Heart."

Vampire Weekend, "Vampire Weekend" (Jan. 29, XL): Afro-rhythms get indie kids all atwitter, I guess, but this album (starkly reminiscent in places of the Little Ones' "Sing Song" EP) has a winsome and decidedly college-educated charm. Note to self: Ignore the buzz and its backlash, and just listen to the music.

||| Download: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa."

Sons & Daughters, "This Gift" (Jan. 29, Domino): Hearing the newest from these Glaswegians, I want to roll up all the lightweight pop songstresses from the U.K. and boot them back across the Atlantic.

Here's the video for Sons & Daughters' new single, "Gilt Complex:"

Comments

[KillTheMicrophone]

LOVE Vampire Weekend!