Thursday afternoon may not be an appropriate time for rocking out, but you won’t be able to help yourself whilst listening to this. It’s a song from the Philadelphia-based band The Smiling Lies [Twitter/Facebook]. If you have heard of them before, it may be because they used to be called The Van Goghs. Obviously, that didn’t get too far, but their driving, melodic rock, which is given a further boost by its lo-fi production (which suits the nature of the music perfectly), sounds good by any name. You can check out Space Elevator below; if it ends up doing it for you (and we’re quite sure it will), you can have it for free. It’s taken from mini-album Say Yes?, which was released as a download last year, and is rather good. In fact, if you’re looking for more, we’ve thrown in another song, the similarly excellent Tonight. If your day needs brightening up, try some Smiling Lies, as they’ll do the job quite well.

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