New Year, New York

This band pursued our blog a while ago, asking to send us some mp3s. I really got into the first song I heard, "Poison Lips". It's in my list of top plays on iTunes right now, next to "Motr"--the great Trans Am song.

The content itself, along with the other samples that can be heard on the bands website --www.deadleafechonyc.com--is very reminiscent of that great "Damp Bar" sound of 1985-1995. Think of combining Echo & The Bunnymen's instrumental verse extensions with perhaps Tom of Editors? Have a go for yourself, I hope Pitchfork picks up on this group.

Dead Leaf Echo - Poison Lips

Make sure to visit their MySpace as well (not that we like to promote that site) for full songs, and everything else.