Foreign Born

There are many things wrong with the Summer. The heat, for one. The number of 'fairweather swimmers' you find at swimming pools, for two. And the general lack of interesting new releases for three.

Nevermind, it'll be October soon and anyway there are some terrific gigs coming up (Tindersticks at Hyde Park in less than a fortnight!). In the meantime, there are a few odd, interesting records about. Secretly Canadian rarely release duds and it looks like their latest band, LA's 'Foreign Born' are another good discovery. Sounding like a meatier version of the Fleet Foxes, nice harmonies and soulful vocals but with more in the way of riffs and anthems, they release their debut album 'Person To Person' on Monday. There will be a review here next week, but for now, you can download a couple of tracks from it, from www.secretlycanadian.com for no cash at all. Bargain!