CUFFS

It's going to be a short post, unfortunately I'm still in school and finals are winding down. Today we've got a short 3-track demo from CUFFS, a Cambridge-based band that's 2 members ex-Pants Yell!, and then 2 dudes from other bands that I haven't heard of. More or less, Pants Yell! and now CUFFS just make it seem like putting together longing, self-depricating, 20-something white male pop songs ridiculously easy. The makeup of their music screams simplicity, never anything really technically advanced, but just so much more well done than most of the indie/twee pop you hear, which usually just bothers me. Head over to their bandcamp site and grab the recent 4-track demos, Privilege being my favorite of the three new tracks, attached below. Also attached is the now-defunct Pants Yell!'s cover of Jens Lekman's Tram #7, a nice slow take, which I'd say is better than the original. Keep on the watch for future releases from CUFFS, and go explore Pants Yell!'s discography. I recommend the album Songs For Siblings. Then go on a long trip with your friends, bring your favorite tape cassettes, roll the windows down, and roll your jeans up above your ankles. That's about the vibe they give.



Tram #7 (Jens Lekman cover) - Pants Yell!

Enjoy. Once I get through finals I plan on putting up responses to Raj's reviews of the new Ghostface, James Blake, and Deerhoof; I feel pretty differently about 2 of them. But don't expect the Andy-Raj rage that Kanye West provoked. In fact, ever since "H.A.M." dropped, it seems like we've seen some growing unity about Mr. West, unfortunately for how terrible the song was.

FYI: Considering Pants Yell! is defunct, and 2004's Songs for Siblings is 100% OOP, here's a mediafire link for it:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2mrd2hm23tj