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: Honey
Based: London
Listen: https://honeyxband.bandcamp.com
Similar to: Pavement, Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

This week has seen alt-poppers Honey swoon onto the scene by unveiling their new ‘Killer Saints’ EP. They play quintessential pop songs, but delivered with a slacker approach and an ever-so-lo-fi production. ‘Caroline’ especially boasts a hearts-on-sleeve romantic soppiness that even the most masculine dudes secretly admire, yet we all know that their inner–self’s macho Jiminy Cricket is forcing them discard it and “stop being a pussy”.

Despite having most of Honey’s obvious influences hailing from America there is also a strong sense of Britishness about the London quartet; most apparent in their continuous use of Johnny Marr-esque twiddling guitar decorations.

There may be an easier way to describe this band. Picture the scene of a clichéd American teenage sitcom produced in the 90’s about a group of socially awkward/dorky/slightly creepy loserkids who don’t fit in at school and lovingly admire the hot girls from afar, but then they do something that makes them popular and the lead one FINALLY makes-out with the hot girl of his dreams in the middle of the dancefloor under a spotlight at the Senior Prom. The band playing at the Senior Prom is Honey.

Stream ‘Everybody’s Looking Down’ below:

Everybody’s Looking Down by Honey