John's New Music Blog

Today's Fresh New Music band is Northern Ireland's Girls Names, a newish fuzzy indie pop trio that's seeing quite a bit of success in England and is now showing up in the US. The band has released a couple of singles and in November released a split 7" single with San Francisco's Brilliant Colors on Slumberland Records.




The band will also be releasing a full album, Dead to Me, on April 26th, also on Slumberland. The first single is Seánce on a Wet Afternoon and it's one of the best things I've heard so far this year. There are some hints of Joy Division in the guitars and the fuzz gives it the lo-fi surf sound that's all the rage in indie rock right now. Girls Names show that you don't have to be from Brooklyn or Southern California to make a good surf pop record. I encourage you to download the single and listen for yourself.



"I Lose/You Win" is out now from Slumberland Records and for download from iTunes. Dead to Me will be out on April 26th on Slumberland, also. The band's 2010 EP is available at iTunes and Amazon, as well as You Should Know By Now is available at iTunes and Amazon.