ye olde maids

Two things happen on finding new bands, both of which mean nothing. If you're me you can have the huge guffaw at the badness that you then come to love (like Suicide or something) OR the simpler nicer option of just 'yes, I'm so glad someone is doing this'. Although often they're the same thing t4k0b7k257-7bl5745l7-b45 Whatever, I'm hungover. Do my work for me.

Philadelphia's Ye Olde Maids have a welcome gaggle of songs that veer from scuzz to shoegaze. Their most prominent sound is one of the submerging electronic wash, warm, crusty synths and thin melodies. They operate like the bridge between a synth-purist version of Blank Dogs and shoegaze proper. Shit at explaining. Should give this up some time.

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P.S. their stuff is on Art Fag.
P.P.S. I like writing P.S.

Ye Olde Maids - Cocoa Cherub

deep sht

Post-Drone-punk fun nao with Deep Sht from Londres. I love this utterly zine-worthy cover from the tape (out on Family Time). The guy looks so insistent. WEIRD YOU.

Expect shamelessly Blank Dogs inspired (who wasn't?) tunes with catchiness as a standard and fuzz and mush and girlfriends lost in a cavern as a double standard.

Deep Sht - Other People's Lives

pens

oh hello PENS! do you happen to be the cutest band this side of the pond??? you do??!!! aces!!!!

the DIY scene in the u.k. has been pretty lacking with all the cascades of cool in america -- blank dogs, times new viking (i don't have to link this, if you don't adore t.n.v. by now then there's basically no hope for you, go and listen to kings of leon you cum drinker), vivian girls, wavves, christmas island, meth teeth, blah de blah.. but now we have our own shit! it's awesome -- sexy-arse (not ass in this case) bands like Male Bonding and the yankee doodle vocalisted Graffiti Island, and freakin Pens! all on our doorstep... things are looking gooooodddd.....

there's something immediately likeable about Pens. everything from their goofy URL -- myspace.com/penspenspenis, is pure, subtle fun, anti-credit crunch "i honestly didn't even think about giving a fuck" cool cool crap! "yeah baby i'll take you to bagel town" is an excellent song, as is the totally hummable whilst you make tea "high in the cinema", as played on DJ Rick's outstanding radio show in california, Art for Spastics. they are, as you can see, sweet as 3 shiny buttons. sooooo, basically go see them.

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