It’s new band time, and I haven’t been this excited about a new band for a long, long time. The ABC Club are a young five-piece from Leeds, and they’ve got a really unusual sound. Strongly reminiscent of much-lamented androgynes The Organ but with fuzzier, shoegazey guitars and the odd handclap, they fill a similar niche of moody, melancholy lyrics backed by ’80s Marr-inspired jangly hooks.

Recently signed to Things To Make And Do Records, they’re having a single launch at the Buffalo Bar on Highbury Corner on 25th February, and you can buy tickets bundled with the 7″ here. I’ve only seen them perform once, at Brixton Windmill, but they were stunning – mesmerising, intense and moody. If they play half as well this time, it’ll still be well worth a trip to Highbury.

This song, “Get Set Go”, has cryptically mumbled lyrics, frenetic guitars and more surprising changes of pace and direction than a young Ryan Giggs. Download it, listen to it, watch them live and buy the record – if there’s any justice, these chaps will get huge.

MP3:
Get Set Go

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