Kudos
by Surf City
Added 2010-11-04 08:11:00Z
Available worldwide
Avg rating: 7.4 | 221 plays | 4 reviews
Updating the psych haze of the Spacemen with the circular drone of Animal Collective and the off kilter melodies of The Clean with the drive of Interpol, Surf City is the perfect mix of everything you loved about the early 80's New Zealand jangle and the 60's blur of Velvets and Zombies with the shapeshifting songwriting of today.
Formed by Davin Stoddard and Josh Kennedy, they quickly stared banging out catchy nuggets with the aid of Josh's brother Jamie on bass and Logan Collins pounding the drums, and the foursome were off and running. Eventually settling on the Jesus and Mary Chain inspired name, they arrived with their Steve Keene (hunted down for his previous work for Pavement and Silver Jews) adorned self-titled debut EP. Keene's art will feature on the long player as well!
Hotly tipped as a band to watch, the group played some manic shows at both home and showcase gigs abroad. Stereogum praised their "impressively assured sound" and "perfect 2-minute pop storm." All Music was taken with the "sheer energy and ragged happy sound" and gushed "the whole is just a delight" Pitchfork noted that "their punky psychedelic pop is impressive" and admitted "Surf City's pleasure for pleasure's sake approach already has me pining for more." The buzz was building and with the release of "Kudos", it is time for it to be realized.
Formed by Davin Stoddard and Josh Kennedy, they quickly stared banging out catchy nuggets with the aid of Josh's brother Jamie on bass and Logan Collins pounding the drums, and the foursome were off and running. Eventually settling on the Jesus and Mary Chain inspired name, they arrived with their Steve Keene (hunted down for his previous work for Pavement and Silver Jews) adorned self-titled debut EP. Keene's art will feature on the long player as well!
Hotly tipped as a band to watch, the group played some manic shows at both home and showcase gigs abroad. Stereogum praised their "impressively assured sound" and "perfect 2-minute pop storm." All Music was taken with the "sheer energy and ragged happy sound" and gushed "the whole is just a delight" Pitchfork noted that "their punky psychedelic pop is impressive" and admitted "Surf City's pleasure for pleasure's sake approach already has me pining for more." The buzz was building and with the release of "Kudos", it is time for it to be realized.
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