Listen Up! No.4: Male Bonding - Year's Not Long

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Having caused a minor stir (in Dalston) last year by becoming a rare English signing to venerable US indie Sub Pop, the tattooed trio have repaid the faith with ramshackle slacker-punk tunes such as this. Likely to be a festival hit for the sweaty-tent brigade.

Listen Up! No.1: Nada Surf - Love Goes On

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Yes, it's a Go-Betweens cover. It's also the pick of the tracks off the band's new covers record, If I Had a Hi-fi. If I had a hi-fi (which I do), I'd mostly be playing this (which I am).