Veronica Falls - Beachy Head/ Staying Here

Fittingly enough, for purveyors of all things gloriously offbeat and infectious, Veronica Falls are back for the summer with a brilliant double whammy neatly socked away. First up, a double A-side 7 on the tastemaking label No Pain in Pop on June 14, featuring the long beloved but previously unreleased Beachy Head , followed by a jaunt around the UK with those renowned forefathers of perfect pop, Teenage Fanclub themselves. Like their debut UK single Found Love in a Graveyard , which spoke, beautifully, of unrequited love from beyond the grave, Beachy Head is yet another nugget of haunted pop classicism, complete with careening choruses, swoonsome harmonies and a deliciously nasty sting in its tail. As its repeated refrain of I m gonna miss you/ When you re gone attests, this isn t exactly an ode to the seaside, but instead something rather darker, menacing even the cloud in the clear blue sky, or the worm in the Pastels juicy pop apple. Which is exactly why the band will be a wonderfully atypical counterpart to the newly reunited Teenage Fanclub when they embark on their much anticipated tour in June. You couldn t possibly ask for more Veronica Falls off-kilter songs of love and death playing beautifully off the pristine melodies of the Scottish foursome this is a marriage made in pop heaven.

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