New music: Leisure (updated with video)
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 5:09PM ;)
It isn't too often I get excited about a new Boston band. To be fair, there are some great local bands - Magic Magic, Pants Yell, Hallelujah The Hills, to name a few - but few hook me on first listen the way Leisure have.
Leisure is a four piece from Cambridge and have somehow slipped below my radar until now. They are generously giving away their new 7", It's Alright (On the Suez Canal), free of charge (available here and below). The A side is a breezy, baroque/british pop-influenced track in the vein of mid-career Kinks or Beatles. The B side, Outside These Walls also draws influence from the other side of the Atlantic, but fast forwards about 15 years to new wave/post-punk. Both are excellent, check them out:
It's Alright (On the Suez Canal)
Outside These Walls
Leisure will be opening for Girls on their upcoming east coast tour, which kicks off April 1 at the Paradise. Tour dates and more music on their myspace.
UPDATE: Found this killer video of Leisure in action:
