Here is a band who I can assure you are set to make quite a splash. Or I could say they are about to come crashing into your life, and it would be side to come along for the ride. Well, whatever; you get the point. I’m all out of cymbal-related puns at this point, but this makes what I’ve said no less valid: CYMBALS (and the ALLCAPS moniker is definitely necessary) could well be your new favourite band. Their new song reminds me quite a bit of Yeasayer for some reason; I haven’t figured why that is yet, but in any case, No Bad Decisions is stunning, coming loaded with one of the most irresistible hooks I’ve heard in quite a while, before opening up into a psych-pop delight, moving through two verses and choruses before taking an unexpected U-turn and becoming something quite different, the song’s chorus morphing into an altogether different beast as the song goes down an altogether funkier route, but always with that chiming hook in the background. This song is an earworm, make no mistake – hopefully there’s plenty more where this came from. And where does it come from?, you may ask: the group’s new EP, Sideways, Sometimes, is out on April 23rd. Listen now; thank me later.
Pre-order Sideways, Sometimes at Tough Love Records