RATATAT are an instrumental (i.e. lacking in the vocals department) Brooklyn band who are rather keen on what Mike Oldfield (of Tubular Bells fame) would term "two slightly distorted electric guitars", and whose catchy Wildcat has been lurking around the borders of my musical consciousness for the last few years. Luckily for me, however, they released their monstrously awesome new album LP3 this year, which has garnered them a lot of Eric Gardiner airtime. The first song below is from the album Classics, while Mirando (which YACHT did a rather good "my older brother has a gun" remix of) is from LP3.
The liveliest shoegazing I've seen in a good while
The The are an amazing band from the U of K, and if they sound familiar its probably because you listen to too much Smiths, as former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr made the jump to The The and had a great influence from the whole "what they sound like" perspective. This Is The Day, from their debut album Soul Mining, is one of my favourite songs not just because of Matt Johnson is unafraid to wield an accordion, but because its a profound breath of optimistic air in a genre otherwise dominated by nihilistic closet heterosexuals, often wearing capes (namely, Morrisey).
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