Let's get back to being ahead
of the curve today with a couple of tracks from Art Brut's new EP.
The set of songs comes as a teaser for the pop punk band's second full
length, It's A Bit Complicated, that will be available for public
consumption on June 26. I think Art Brut are amazingly good and even
though they are already well known I have the feeling that this year might
be their time to really blow up, especially since the band is claiming that
the new LP is going to be poppier than the first. Enjoy the EP but as
you do so keep in mind that the songs that I have are both unmastered and
only two of the five that are on it. I'm sure that if you want the
other three it wouldn't take but a second to find them if you hit up Elbo or
Hype Machine.
:Art Brut - Nag Nag Nag Nag:
According to the Mute website this is the brand new single
from Art Brut and it isn't too hard to see why they would choose this one
since it sounds as if they have really perfected their blend of punk and
brit pop in a way that is even more fun than before. As you always
should when listening to Peter Argos and Co. be sure to notice all the lines
that are so witty you wish you had wrote them. My favorite are: "A
record collection reduced to a mixtape/With headphones on I made my escape"
and "I'm nothing to my peers but envy and hatred/How many girls have they
seen naked?"
:Art Brut - Direct Hit:
I love this because of the insane 80s hair metal riff that kicks off the
song. Actually, I think I adore that part so much because as soon as
it comes on your immediate thought is that the song is either going to be
badass or assbad. I suppose that since it's Art Brut it should comes
as no surprise that it ends up being badass. Be warned that the level
of fun the band is having in this song will undoubtedly infect you and cause
your day to be filled with sunshine and the urge "to move around like your
shoes don't fit."
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