Racetrack

As much as I love weird experimental stuff, sprawling post-rock, and other off the beaten path music, I still have a big spot in my heart for some good old perfect pop. Racetrack are a three piece power-pop band of the loud variety from Bellingham, WA. Echoing power-pop greats Superchunk(and i sense a little bit of Ted Leo sound in there too), Racetrack's not-so-old members bring back the sound of feedback and distortion laden pop that's hasn't exactly been flourishing lately. The squalls of feedback that arise quite a bit on their debut City Lights remind me of Modest Mouse immediately, which is a very good thing.

City Lights, which was produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla, is an easy to digest collection of up tempo, fun power-pop songs full of handclaps, tambourines, piano and angsty female vocals to top it all off. Racetrack is definitely a band to watch and I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from them this year.

[MP3]: From City Lights
One Step Forward
Epitaph

Buy City Lights from Skrocki Records.

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