Parlour Boys

Any of you that keep up with what other blogs are writing about will already be familiar with Parlour Boys. A number of major blogs have leapt all over them, and for a good reason: they are damn good at what they do. For once though, the “next big thing” tag actually seems to be appropriate here. Over the past six months they have gone from being a completely unknown five piece from Kentucky to winning the Verizon and Myspace “Calling All Bands” contest (which had 4000 entrants), something that has brought them a truckload of exposure.

Their music certainly isn’t going to win any awards for originality and you pick out a ton of influences in these songs, but they sound damn good. Anything that brings an 80s disco type sound and manages to make it blend perfectly with contemporary indie rock isn’t going to get any complaints from me.

MP3 Parlour Boys – Lovers
MP3 Parlour Boys – Sick Friends

They are currently in the studio recording their second EP (presumably printing a lot more copies too), which is due out sometime this summer. In the meantime, you can purchase their first offering directly from their website for only $5. You notice how cheap awesome music seems to be lately? Random observation I know, but it’s pretty damn cool. You can also go along and say hello to them on Myspace.