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Slumberland Records has been experiencing a renaissance spearheaded by the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and continuing with Veronica Falls. Opening with early single Found Love In A Graveyard, the London quartet waste no time setting up the parameters of their sound: boy-girl vocals, floor-tom-heavy drums and jangly guitar that hearken back to the late-80s indie pop scene known as C86.
While the songs sound effortlessly crafted, there’s a complexity to the melodies and structures that surprises on repeat listens. And while lyrics about love gone wrong abound, VF also infuse them with wry humour and unusual perspectives. Credit also goes to singer Roxanne Clifford, who can sound winsome, mysterious and badass, often in the same song.
Top track: Bad Feeling
