Lord Huron - We went wild
One of the first "new" bands to catch my ear this year is Lord Huron . You'll probably have come across their single 'Time to run', from an EP of the same name. Lord Huron - Time To Run from Lord Huron on Vimeo . I like it, it's good, but there's another song on that EP that got me a bit distracted. It has some glorious South African style guitar work and, of all things, a two-step backbeat. It also has a top layer of beautiful Fleet Foxalike vocal harmonies. The whole effect is a little bit like Paul Simon's Graceland transplanted to the US west coast. I'll be interested to hear if they can sustain it over a whole album, but for now, they're getting me through January very nicely.