Go See The Young Mammals Tonight In Cleveland!

Hello and good morning.  Here’s some great, noisy pop music for you. The Young Mammals from Houston, Texas are coming to the Happy Dog tonight, Friday July 2nd,  and we highly recommend you check them out.  Their debut album, Carrots, is overstuffed with catchy hooks, clever instrumentation and unexpected left turns. Best part is, it’s not overproduced. it’s all got a great, raw, immediate sound.  You can picture the band running around while the tape rolls switching between guitar and triangle and glockenspiel or whatever they had lying around. This is meant as a compliment, by the way, in case somebody spent 3 years recording this.  If I had to break out my limited, 8-color crayola box of band comparisons, I’d say this:  If you can picture Soft Bulletin-era Flaming Lips going back to the production budget of their first record, you’re in the right ballpark.  Here’s a free mp3 for you: “Confetti.”  Enjoy!