Any band who state their influences include The Rosehips, Bubblegum Splash, The Fizzbombs and the Shop Assistants amongst others is going to sit fine by me. Funny enough on their My Space page Leeds based The Manhattan Love Suicides make no mention of The Primitives, whom they actually sound like. It's 1986 all over again with fuzzy guitars, feedback and are you sure that's not Tracy Tracy on vocals?This is fantastic stuff and I've been streaming their music constantly since first running across them. There is a self titled debut album scheduled for release in November (Squirrel Records in the UK, Magic Marker in the States) and I for one cannot wait as I'm a sucker for this sort of music. Oh and they wear all black too!
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Suzy Jones
I came across this lot via The Coast Is Clear blog which is a German indie pop blog. I cannot read German but the bands the writer Parklife covers are excellent in the main.
Excellent find. That's the sort noise that gets me out of bed on a cold winter morning!
I'm really looking forward to their album - it should be a fantastic one!
Btw - thanks for mentioning my blog. :-)
Thank you so much for this find - it is blooming great - Nice