Neu Only Real

: Only Real
Based: West London
Listen at: Soundcloud.com/onlyreal
Similar to: Jamie T

You can’t feign a slacker image. Some kids are just made to make music like this. Only Real aka. Niall Galvin’s Facebook page is more charming than most others you’re likely to come across. He posts pictures of himself eating cereal with a furrowed brow, hanging out in his hometown near West London. He’ll post about songs he’s seen on Pitchfork (mostly hip-hop), before every so often exposing his fans to a new song of his own. You imagine he wakes up, puts on Jeremy Kyle, considers making a song but chooses to have a nap instead.

Every single track unveiled to date has been brilliant. Each carries a ‘don’t-give-a-fuck’ attitude, an earnestness that you only hear from young upstarts who haven’t yet signed to a label. The most recent song, ‘Cadillac Girl’, is built on a scratchy beach-pop riff, before cheap electronic drums enter and distinct, snarling vocals steal the scene.