The Heavenly States

The Heavenly States have been making music out of Oakland, California for almost ten years, but this is my first little taste and it may just be the perfect first introduction. Model Son has a unique structure: a slowly increasing tempo and more and more layers being coming in throughout the four minutes, giving a real sense of a story being told through the music. Check out their EP Oui Camera Oui coming out in April.




The Heavenly States-Model Son (mp3)

Cold War Kids

Somehow I missed both the hype and the arrival of the Behave Yourself, the new Cold War Kids EP. The word on the streets (read: web) is that this marks a return to form for the Californians after the poor reception of their 2008 release Loyalty to Loyalty. I tend to agree. Despite considering myself quite the fan, I don't actually own their second album-which must say something. On a night where I discovered a whole heap of new tracks, Audience was the only one that completely grabbed my attention. It very much takes me back to those days when We Used To Vacation. Oh and the video is very pretty too.

Cold War Kids-Audience (mp3)