fun. - Walking The Dog / Be Calm

TRACKLISTING:
Side A – Walking The Dog
Side B – Be Calm
 
OVERVIEW:
New York based three-piece fun. are set to release their double A-side debut single Walking The Dog / Be Calm as a limited edition 7” vinyl, on 12th April 2010 through Friends Vs Records.  These two tracks are taken from their forthcoming album ‘Aim & Ignite’. ‘Aim & Ignite’ will be released on Hassle Records with exclusive bonus content on 31st May.
 
fun. is what happens when three extraordinarily talented musicians come together to create something altogether new and wonderful.  Nate Ruess, late of The Format, has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff, resulting in their ingenious debut, Aim And Ignite.  The trio melds an array of diverse inspirations – spanning Broadway to The Beach Boys, “Nilsson Schmilsson’ to “Pinkerton” – into an irresistible collection of freewheeling pop songcraft.  
 
First track on the double A side, Walking the Dog, has an early Vampire Weekend and Good Shoes sensibility about it.  While Be Calm, arranged by Andrew with Roger Joseph Manning Jnr, (Air, Beck, Jellyfish), melds finely wrought chamber-pop orchestrations – all brass and strings and multi-tracked harmonies – with guitar-fuelled rock ‘n’ roll, resulting in a distinctive sound which simultaneously recalls the past yet remains very current.

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