Claire, Are We Safe With Bears?

It's been a while since I checked in on The Deirdres, so I stopped by their website today to find such lovely surprises! First of all, I find their lovely lovely song "Claire, Are We Safe To Be On Our Own?" has been covered by Drew of Life With Bears and charmingly retitled as "Claire, Are We Safe With Bears?". Have a listen, it's quite different, and really quite pretty, too!

[MP3]: Life With Bears :: Claire, Are We Safe With Bears? (Deirdres cover)

Secondly, a new EP on the way!!! Cosy Recordings will release their Why Do My Glasses Give You The Heeby Jeebies? EP on August 28th. It WILL be stunning, and it WILL be most lovely. The tracklist includes such hits as:

1. Milk Is Politics
2. Electro Magic
3. The Rise & Fall
4. Ball In A Cup
5. Choose A Partner

Head over to the Cosy MySpace to listen to "Choose A Partner"! It's so brilliantly catchy I just can't handle it! But then, it IS The Deirdres isn't it?

The Deirdres on MySpace!

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The Garlands EP!

I'm back! Hopefully! I've still got a little bit of the semester left, but I really miss posting and so I'm going to do my best to get back into the regular swing of things around here! As I've clearly mentioned before, I LOVE The Garlands. For those just now being introduced (and shame on you!), The Garlands are Roger Gunnarsson and Christin Wolderth – an indiepop match made in heaven – much like any other band Roger's ever been in. As expected, their debut EP is full of super sweet vocals and gloriously jangling melodies. My favorite of all, "David," might be one of the best pop songs I've heard all year and will bring more than a smile to anyone who, like me, has been desperately clinging onto their small batch of old Free Loan songs, hoping that one day they'd feel that same way again. Like I said, totally in love.

[MP3]: The Garlands :: David (Hiiiiiiiighly Recommended!)

The EP is out on both Cosy Recordings and Cloudberry Records, so I mean, you could buy two if you wanted or you just buy one from one place I guess. In other sort of unrelated news, I have some very exciting news to share with you guys in a day-ish or so... but it's really great I swear!

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New Song from The Garlands!

For those of you already deeply smitten with The Garlands, you'll be just as excited as I was to know they've got a new song on their MySpace today! For those not as familiar, prepare to fall in love. The Garlands are Christin Wolderth and Roger Gunnarsson; yes, the same Roger from Free Loan Investments, Nixon, and The Happy Birthdays. So, yeah, The Garlands come from a long bloodline of P!O!P perfection, and so it's only fitting that they happen to be amazing. The new song, "Why Did I Trust You?" will be on forthcoming EP that will be co-released by Cosy Recordings and Cloudberry Records, so hopefully we'll be seeing a new download on Roque's site sometime soooon! For now, though, I'd highly recommend heading over to The Garlands' MySpace and listening to this over and over again!

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