[MP3] Living Rooms: “Cave In” & “Light Bright”

Discovering new bands from the south is always slightly more enjoyable for me and and I’m not quite sure why. Born and raised in Kentucky, a border state often considered a gateway of the south, it’s all too common to get lost in the sea of country music prevalent south of the Mason-Dixon line. Although skinny jeans are often outnumbered by cowboy boots and hats, bands can still breakout of the south; Dent May hails from Mississippi, Toro Y Moi comes from South Carolina, while Washed Out and Sunglasses reside in Georgia.

Another Georgian outfit, by way of Atlanta, were sent my direction by Davy from Ohmpark and I’ve been spinning their album quite frequently. Living Rooms are a threesome that are not fun to Google, however what they lack in SEO they more than make up for with delicious electo-pop. Their debut LP House Kid drops in a few weeks and is a quite the enjoyable gem.

[MP3] Living Rooms – Cave In

With inviting melodies and smooth synths, Living Rooms deliver a summery sound representative of hot childhood days spent running through the sprinkler, taking gulps of water from the garden hose, and catching jars of fireflies at dusk. You can tell they’ve been influenced by Animal Collective but aren’t making music attempting to melt your brains. Instead, Living Rooms seem content cracking open your skull and sticking a harmonious paper cone inside, spinning it around until they’ve collected enough cerebral cotton candy to satiate their sweet tooth.

[MP3] Living Rooms – Light Bright

I’m still trying to figure out what’s in Georgia causing some fine electronic music to blossom, with Washed Out, Sunglasses, and now Living Rooms crafting different shades of digitized tunes. Perhaps they’re consuming too many peaches? I think I’m on to something, it’s gotta be the fruit. Just like Surfer Blood, Holiday Shores, Blind Man’s Colour, Viernes, Levek are all eating too many oranges in Florida! Hawaii, you’ve got an ass load of pineapples – step up your game!

House Kid releases a few weeks from now on Double Phantom Records.