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Music Playlist: This Week's Best Songs

Professor Penguin – Pirate

Professor Penguin – Pirate

Rivalling So Solid Crew in their members, Professor Penguin has nine members! The London based nine-some release Pirate on March 19th after having gained support from music lovers across the radio board. Liking this single? Check out their last, Pilot while you eagerly await their album  Planes  out April 9th. (Notice their love of P’s)

*Disclaimer* this song is not related to those pesky sea-lovers in the Caribbean, this is in fact a very good little tune. Pirate will remind you of Bombay Bicycle Club and The Maccabees but that’s far from being a bad thing. The indie-rock thing they’ve got going on makes it so easy to like, no, love.

Veronica Falls – My Heart Beats

Veronica Falls – My Heart Beats

An indie rock band from London but you’d be forgiven for thinking they came from warmer climates. After joining from separate bands, Veronica Falls have released singles in both the UK and USA. Their debut studio album, Veronica Fall, came out in 2011.

The catchy tune and beats as well as those chirpy and almost too cheerful vocals wake up your ears. It may be nothing different or original but in capturing an essence of west coast America My Heart Beats is suitably surfy, so go rub down your surf board and pretend that your backgarden is actually the Pacific.

Wet Nuns – Throttle

Wet Nuns – Throttle

Hailing from Yorkshire’s very own musical gem, Sheffield, Wet Nuns are nothing religious. They scare me a little if I’m being honest… But if you’re on the lookout for Blues/Rock/Punk with a Yorkshire/American twist get to their Throttle tour today.

Full on rock for you now, Throttle stamps on the brakes for indie lovers. Let those tasselled locks free and use that thing between your head and shoulders to rock full out.  It may be a little heavy for some but it’s out of ordinary and that what we need.

Saturday Night Gym Club – How to Build a Life Raft

Saturday Night Gym Club – How to Build a Life Raft

This foursome can quite possibly burn your oxygen, recharge your protons or take you to the stars and back as they met while studying science at university. After bonding through music, they’re releasing their first EP How to build a life raft.

Reverbalicious. Let the electro rhythm conquer you and life you higher than high. How to build life raft literally saves the day, there’s only one problem… we still don’t know how to build a life raft. As the songs current flows through your speakers don’t e afraid to let loose.

GPSYMTH – Hamilton

GPSYMTH – Hamilton

If anyone knows anything about this man please contact 0765489… Fronted by Peter Thomas, GPSYMTH is pretty unknown so we can’t bring you a sparkling biog we’re afraid but he did release a two track EP, Craft back in September. But do you want to know the best part? You can get his debut album Ripostes for $2… (Yeah, I was too lazy to convert to sterling, sorry.)

There’s a certain teenage show named after an organ or a drug reference, depending on your age, that Hamilton would be perfect for.  With its dreamy electro pop, it also complements a sunny spring day, as the voice echo, try and not smile.

Countryboy Delinquent – English Man English Weather

Countryboy Delinquent – English Man English Weather

Ian Cauldwell (a.k.a Countryboy Delinquent) evidently likes being British, well at least I hope he’s British. Whilst mastering the exact art of a proper cuppa he’s managed to play and mix guitar/ vocals chords together to produce his debut album Alpha Beta Zebra, out this summer.

Have you seen that advert for the popular phone network that celebrates all things British? This single is a musical equivalent. English Man English Weather, using our traditional mannerisms, promotes what people love about the British, just like a cup of tea, its warming, especially the inclusion of a rainy weather report.