Boycotts

My good pal Harry of the mighty Futuristic Retro Champions (who should be the subject of an article here sometime soon) yesterday pointed me in the direction of a rather cracking Glasgow band called Boycotts. Having made their acquaintance at a music industry event he described as useless in many ways, it was at least beneficial for the mutual swapping of music between the 2 bands.

I'm already in love with Boycotts. The sparkling combination of punchy riffs and female vocals brings, rather lazily, Life Without Buildings to mind, who were bestowed with the glorious talents of Sue Tompkins on vocals. Boycotts Myspace informs me that Stina Twee is the voice providing these ideal notes, ably backed by the cracking sounding guitar of Josef K (more Scottish indie love!) and a like pure dead tight and mega rhythm section from the excellently named Hardcore Dave on bass and Dragon on drums.

Even more fantastically, if you e-mail the band, they'll send you the 3 tracks currently on Myspace for free! Spiffing. Plenty gigs upcoming too, so if you fancy the Captain's Rest gig, I'll be there.

And by the way, follow that link to the Retro Champs Myspace and listen to You Make My Heart. Seriously, what a tune. Good work people. Singalong diamond.