Description:	7" on Cloudberry BACK IN!
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Indie Pop
	Label:	Cloudberry
	Price:	£4.69
	Availability:	In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day.

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...according to our Brian on 06 August 2008.

The Tartans are a cute proposition, a 3 piece of twee proportions who've a twinkly 7" called 'My Baby Doesn't Care For You' out on Cloudberry. It's a very elementary tune with about 3 chords emulating the tune of 'You can't hurry Love' but much more monotonously. The lead girlie vocals are slightly reminiscent of that Kimya Dawson school of bittersweetness and it all lasts about 2 minutes and is over before you can say "1 candy floss and a strawberry & cream sundae please!" 'What about You' is more wistful, a strummy jangler with a Wurlitzer organ, this time showcasing a yearning male vocal. A cool juxtaposition of styles & moods! Ltd to 500 no'd copies!

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What their label says...

The Tartans are Jesse, Yvonne, Brian and Lon. Jesse plays a little bit of everything, as the songs
require. He does the most instrument juggling, and by the end of our (typically 20 minute) live sets,
you'll have seen him play guitar, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel and fifteen seconds of harmonica. Yvonne
plays bass on the songs that I sing, and, most of the time, I play bass on the songs that she sings.
Yvonne plays keyboards, and a bit of melodica and glockenspiel, too. I play 12-string guitar most of the
time, and Lon plays drums all the time, not because he's not great at other instruments, but because none
of us can play drums.

However, anyone who has seen them play live will surely attest to the fact that they are a band that
deserves some serious attention. They use their nifty array of instruments (12 and 6 string guitars,
rickenbacker bass, drums, keys, glockenspiel!, melodica!) to create charming, catchy, and perfectly classic
sounding indiepop songs (I love accidental alliteration!) I can't imagine walking away from one of their
shows feeling anything less than thrilled over the fact that there is a pop band this GOOD right in our
own back yard so to speak.