the boy least likely to

The Boy Least Likely To - Saturday, June 3rd 2:00pm
Free Instore (The following was postd on Indierecordshop.com)

Come check them out! Fingerprints is an amazing record shop!

With a name like the boy least likely to, it’s way too easy to throw an ellipsis in and finish the sentence with “play fingerprints” or some other slack crap, but the reality is that there are only a few other bands who would so completely qualify as “most likely” to play fingerprints. The Boy Least Likely To is a UK duo that make music that is nothing if not whimsical. Their debut release, the best party ever, was created on their collection of weird, wonderful instruments, which they’ve collected over the years from craft fairs, yard sales, and pre-schools. While perfect for your inner child (or real child) far from sounding like Raffi or some other Toys r Us spinner rack children’s music, TBLLT’s music can be as childlike as its artwork suggests, the similarity ends there. Songs about monsters, spiders, tigers, and cola shimmy between the sounds of the Beach Boys, Belle & Sebastian, 1980s indie-pop labels like Sarah and Postcard, and country disco bands everywhere. But what makes the album so poignant is the uncertainty-- still childlike, but also very adult, and deeply, humanly sad-- lurking beneath every warm synth and each sunshiny acoustic guitar. "If I wasn't so happy/ I wouldn't be so scared of dying,". This is childish adult music that is charming, precious, and cool as hell. The completed album's narrative loosely traces the arc of a friendship, or a romance-- or a party. "It starts off quite happy, then dips as all good parties do, then you get that last burst at the end," Jof, the half who writes the lyrics and sings the songs, says. The reaction has been a whirlwind, with media all over the globe going crazy on these guys (check a few of the press quotes below). Anyway, this should be a very fun, very cool, family friendly way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Pete (the music maker) says "We wanted to make a record that everyone would forget then years later, a magazine would declare it a lost classic." It’s up to us to help make sure this dream gets crushed like a bug; we can’t have to wait 20 years for record number 2.

Check out their website for a few song samples:

the boy least likely to

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