Amazing Baby have had an upgrade

After opening for MGMT and Bloc Party, all that was left for Amazing Baby to do to finalise their pre-album buzz was a suitably quirky music video in a familiar location. Here it is:

The video is similar to the song in its gooey unpredictability, with slam dunked crosses, purple glows, emotional Egyptians, rainbow breath, and curious dogs, all viewed through the mesh fence of a basketball court.

Here is an older song that shares the slippery, sloppy vibe:

Invisible Palace

Their Invisible Fucking Cross EP is still available on their site here, more details about Amazing Baby here.

That's Amazing Baby!

Amazing Baby are another Brookyln band hopping on the psychedelic-rock-pop MGMT train, and they are riding it large. The band, formed by Simon O’Connor and Will Roan in late 2007, have been touring all this year, playing songs from their Invisible Fucking Cross EP, which is available for free on their website. The four tracks: "Pump Your Brakes", "The Narwhal", "Supreme Being", and "Head Dress" all share a similar liquid vibe and sense of scale, with guitar riffs overlaying reverb-drenched backing vocals and spacey melodies.

Pump Your Brakes

Despite being around for a ridiculously short amount of time they have already supported the likes of Bloc Party, and this November are journeying over to the UK to play with MGMT. After touring and supporting, they plan to record an album with Claudius Mittendorfer, who has worked with Muse and Interpol.

Here is a video of them playing in a small dark place:

Talons, by Bloc Party.

Bloc Party only recently released their 3rd opus "Intimacy". There was a clear change of style in this album, predominantly towards a more experimental and electronic sound; with tracks such as the well known Mercury being a prime example, but with Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth producing separate halves on the album... it was always going to be interesting.

A few days ago, Kele Okereka and his fellow band members announced that "Talons" will be the next single to be released, with a current release date of the 20th of October. It will be included on the CD release of Intimacy.

The track matches the new experimental sounds, more electronic synths and the like; but the guitars remain - unlike Mercury. Probably one of the standout tracks from this garland of new material. Put pithily by Kele, they released this track in order to "keep things fresh".

Talons

~check out the video~