I very briefly wrote about a couple of months ago after stumbling across them on Bandcamp.  I posted up their song Good Morning, which was a lovely little indiepop song, but if I’m honest, I didn’t give them much thought after that.  Then a few days ago a copy of their upcoming full-length album dropped into my inbox, and suddenly everything that made that song great came flooding back.  Twelve times over.  Shouting at Wildlife easily has the potential to be the next big break-out indiepop record.  It’s a suitably upbeat record that has some of the best tongue in cheek lyrics that I’ve heard in a while.  There’s a sequence on the wonderful Smash Hits about an indie snob’s date that had me grinning like an idiot.  What makes the album really work though is that it doesn’t go all out in one direction.  There’s a decent dose of melancholy thrown in here too that recall the sound of Ballboy, and not just because of how much both bands wear their Scottishness on their sleeves.  If this were a year where Allo Darlin’ and Standard Fare hadn’t put out astounding debut albums, this would almost certainly be a strong contender for my album of the year.  Not that there is any shame being just behind those two, and I truly hope that Kid Canaveral can find the audience they deserve.

Kid Canaveral’s new single, You Only Went Out To Get Drunk Last Night is out today, and you can stream all three songs from it above.  You can also click through and buy it from Bandcamp for a mere £1.49.  The album, entitled Shouting at Wildlife will be released on July 5.

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