Little more than a year after posting their first demos on bandcamp, New York duo Cults are set to release their self titled debut on Columbia.
Cults are Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, a couple of 21-year-old San Diegans studying film in New York City. The two began recording music in their spare time and posting it online for friends to hear. What followed was a mass of online buzz and a bidding war for their services.
As for what they do, think of the romantic bedroom pop of Beach House with a little bit of the surf rock influences of the Raveonettes thrown in. The first single, "Abducted," offers a pretty good primer of their sound:
The vintage pop sweetness and surf rock style shows through more on "Most Wanted":
"Oh My God" — which appeared in the Adult Swim 8 Singles 8 Weeks series — offers a nice groove with a shimmering melange of synths, organ and xylophone:
In a not-so-subtle reference to their name, "Go Outside" opens with a sample of cult leader Jim Jones:
Finally, wait for the dramatic payoff of "You Know What I Mean":
Sounds like some nice, low-key summertime jams to me. For a band that is at once under-the-radar and over-hyped, Cults deliver a quite promising debut.
They've got a busy summer themselves, with a host of US tour dates including a stop at Lollapalooza. Not bad, considering last summer they were more or less a total mystery. Nice work, kids.
UPDATE:
Listen to the full album via NPR:
Tracklist:
- Abducted
- Go Outside
- You Know What I Mean
- Most Wanted
- Walk at Night
- Never Heal Myself
- Oh My God
- Never Saw the Point
- Bad Things
- Bumper
- Rave On
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