July's random music post - Scouting for Girls

[mrph]

For lack of anything better to do right now, here's the slightly delayed July music post - there's plenty of serious stuff happening at the moment, so it's something a little more upbeat than usual.

Scouting For Girls

This time I'm not pointing people at MySpace, as it doesn't seem to have full tracks. So, follow the link to their site and watch the 'Heartbeat' video instead. I really shouldn't like this stuff, should I? But as 2008 pop goes, it's got a certain character - and the lyrics are nicely done.


Previous links:
Tinariwen - Dustin the turkey-  Dizzee Rascal

Comments

[zotz]

Is part of the problem the label, though?

To people who used to like actual Indie - the sort of stuff the majors wouldn't touch, as was - yes. In the main, though, it'd be the same whatever it was called. It's the current equivalent of the wall-to-wall Schlock, Fakedit and Watereddown hits of the eighties. And their less-talented imitators, of course. The problem isn't that it exists, it's its omnipresence.