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Vermont 'Ins Kino' (Tbilissi Recordings)
Vermont are indie like your aunt and uncle used to make. Released on their own label and funded by a friend, the artily packaged debut album starts with a song named 'We Are Not Yet For Sale'. It sounds like a lazy Stereolab in a good way, like on a hot Saturday afternoon, wearing shorts. But this band's having too much fun for them just to replicate emotionless 'cool'. Slappy drum patterns and little piano stabs abound (like baby fingers jumping over the keys again and again, and again, that's meant in a good way). 'Querallee' even puts in a vinyl crackle, because they think the old thing sounds so good. Twee but wonky like the best Track & Field bands, Vermont jaunt in various moods through a few odd styles but nothing that's obviously made after 1986. 'Bullfight in Bogna' could be the delgados pissed off at having to cover a Love song, 'Two Weeks From everywhere' ends in a great chaotic fire-engine chorus ("woo-oo!").

Standout tracks for me right now are 'About the Man', like Melys cover Pavement covering Beatles - classic pop with odd bits and a fine lady vocal - and 'Last', which comes out with a few splendid crashes of noise-pop. Delightful like finding a clean handkerchief when out in the fields with a bout of hayfever, it's a small but rewarding collection of naïve-sounding pop.

Tbilissi Recordings, 15 High London, 121 Hornsey Lane, London, N6 5NP
www.vermontmusic.co.uk