John's New Music Blog

Summer Camp, the London duo of Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley (previously featured here), have announced a new single from their upcoming debut album. The single, "Better Off Without You," is a summery '80's ode to breakups that could have come straight from The Human League circa 1983; I hope that the video includes a Rover SD1 (Jeremy Clarkson knows where they can get one cheap, just don't mind the water damage).






Summer Camp is self-releasing their debut album on their label, Apricot Recordings, and you can help bring the album to reality by contributing a few dollars to their campaign (they have all sorts of neat thank you's for pledging). I kicked in £50 towards the effort and if you like the single, you should too. Go to their PledgeMusic page to see what they are offering their contributors.

(H/T: Gorilla vs. Bear and Beachtapes)

Today's Fresh New Music is from Stockton, California's Craft Spells, a summer indie pop band that will be releasing their first LP, Idle Labor, on March 1 on Captured Tracks. The first single is "After the Moment," a song as warm as a San Joaquin Valley summer's day and melts the snow of winter with its infectious lyrics and sound.




Idle Labor will be out on March 1 from Captured Tracks. No sales information yet, but check back by March 1st for details.

(H/T: Beachtapes)