Record Label: Young And Lost Club Records

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Young And Lost Club have a very expansive repertoire of artists under their wing at present and Gypsy & The Cat are yet another intriguing duo to come under the microscope. Hailing from Australia their initial recordings were an assortment of lo-fi bedroom trappings but now signed to a label to reinforce their ascending aspirations they have produced this sumptuous kaleidoscopic amalgamation of smouldering synth bursts that hail down whilst Bacash and Towers’ breezy sugar-sweet vocals drift by. Gypsy & The Cat are Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers, yet it’s the tinkering skills of super producers David Fridmann (Mercury Rev, MGMT, Flaming Lips) and Rich Costley (Muse, Glasvegas, Franz Ferdinand) that will be duly noted by the masses. The single is a exciting introduction into the Aussie duo’s music and as the song drifts by amongst their folk tinged futuristic licks you really do begin to wander…I’d like more of the same please!

Record Label: Too Pure

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Another day, another indie band being heralded as bright young things by the NME brigade. Here, London’s Tapetheradio give us indie tinged with melancholy; from its opening, sobering notes to singer M.C’s whiny vocals. And with lyrics like “You paved the way for my heart/It gets lonely” getting thrown into the mix, you might just find those heartstrings getting tugged. That, or you might wind up a little nauseous. Either way, next up is a neat, effects-laden bridge before a chorus that, alas, tries a little too hard to be anthemic and ends up sounding a bit stale. ‘Keep On Talking’, on B-side duties here, has more ‘oooh oooh’s’ than the average AFI track. But while the band kick out a tight jam, it’s a case of one ‘hey’ too many. Move along now people, nothing to see here. Ultimately on this single, Tapetheradio straddle a line somewhere between radio-friendly indie ala Franz Ferdinand and more complex, emotional rock, ala the likes of early Biffy Clyro. Sadly, their efforts don’t entirely satisfy on either account, being not quite catchy enough to blast the band into the big boy league, while simultaneously not having quite enough depth.