{"id":6679,"date":"2017-12-08T12:49:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2018-02-09T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:50:30","slug":"new-music-friday-belle-sebastian-qty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/new-music-friday-belle-sebastian-qty\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: Belle and Sebastian, QTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Friday, the most wonderful day of the week for music lovers because it\u2019s the day when new albums are released. Let\u2019s celebrate by highlighting some of today\u2019s new records.<\/em><\/span>\n

Belle and Sebastian<\/h2>\n

How to Solve Our Human Problems, Part 1<\/em> (Matador)<\/p>\n

Glasgow\u2019s twee darlings Belle and Sebastian have a real talent for working in between works. Over their 20 years as a band, they\u2019ve consistently churned out \u2014 to steady acclaim \u2014 EPs, singles, covers and re-recordings outside of their proper albums. Often these releases have been able to stand on their own and become fan favorites. With How to Solve Our Human Problems<\/em>, the band again makes an elaborate project out of a handful of songs. Problems<\/em> is a three-part release, consisting of three separate EPs that will drop a month apart. Part 1<\/em> features \u201cWe Were Beautiful<\/a>,\u201d a synthy pop delight in the same vein as their most recent LP, 2015\u2019s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance<\/em>. The next two EPs will arrive in mid-January and February, and it\u2019s possible that this particular project\u2019s goal is to get you through the depths of winter with some warming indie charm. Leave it to Belle and Sebastian to dedicate diligent time and work for an end product that is effortlessly light and breezy.<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/span>\n

QTY<\/h2>\n

QTY <\/em>(Dirty Hit)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty clear that New York rockers QTY (pronounced Q-T-Y) sound like those that came before them. The young group\u2019s got strong roots. In their sloppy yet succinct tunes, you\u2019ll catch undeniable whiffs of NYC rock and roll legends, from the up-front Lou Reed swagger in the vocals to the stripped-down dirty punk basics of The Ramones in the instrumentation, with a thick slice of The Strokes\u2019 nonchalance-in-leather-jackets the middle. The duo is made up of best friends Dan Lardner and Alex Niemetz, who met as teens while growing up in The Big Apple. This self-titled debut album has been a long time coming; they\u2019ve pushed back the release date a few times, instead opting to pepper out singles here and there. The result is an album largely composed of previously released tracks. Such is the way of punk youth: It\u2019ll happen when it happens, and as long as everyone\u2019s having fun, who cares?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the key takeaway from QTY\u2019s music: Even if they sound like a bunch of other New York bands, it\u2019s a sound that\u2019s a good<\/em> sound. There\u2019s a reason why so many musicians have emulated these acts over the years. QTY\u2019s music leaves room to grow in the best of ways, and they seem to be ambitious enough for that. And c\u2019mon, what band doesn\u2019t sound at least a little bit like The Velvet Underground?<\/p>\n

Listen on: Apple Music<\/a> | Spotify<\/a> | Tidal<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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