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These Cats are well summery. They have a shimmering sound that is quite twee, yet experimental as the title track clearly demonstrates. It's disarmingly poppy, almost Brian Wilson-esque, but coated in feedback and is nicely thick sounding. It's quite a simple songwriting template, but the guitar, bass, organ and vox on these cuts is pretty effective. Listen to this while eating a sherbet dip and ingesting loads of uppers oohhhh!!Melbourne, Australia's Summer Cats are keen students of pop in all its flavors. From the motorik strum of Modern Lovers to the folky lilt of early Creation / Sarah label bands to the feedback-drenched noisy pop of the '00s, Summer Cats have got you covered. Their 2009 Slumberland album Songs for Tuesdays dazzled with seemingly effortless song craft and sharp melodicism. Packed with proper tunes and confident vocals, it is one of the finest indie-pop albums of recent memory. Summer Cats' first single since the album is a corker. "Your Timetable" is a well-honed slice of noise-pop, full of fuzz guitar, romping organ and a chorus to die for. Augmented by new second guitarist Jeremy Cole (from excellent Melbourne band The Zebras), Summer Cats turn "Your Timetable" into a glorious racket of barely-contained guitar squall and crashing drums--a perfectly infectious two-minute pop gem. On the flip, live favorite "TV Guide" finally gets the studio treatment. Showing another facet to Summer Cats' pop sound, "TV Guide" is an organ-driven bopper featuring excellent vocals from Scott Stevens, restrained guitar jangle 'n' strum, and yet another indelibly catchy melody and chorus. With its charming minimalism, "TV Guide" could fit right in on an early Flying Nun compilation. Jangly, fuzzy and catchy as hell, Summer Cats make brilliant pop records to dance and swoon to, and this fine single is sure to please fans of all things melodic and groovy. "Songs for Tuesdays is an album anyone with a fondness for spiky, catchy, and super fun indie pop should own." --Allmusic.com
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