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Having put on the likes of Screaming Tea Party, Bo Ningen and Artefacts for Space Travel (as well as the popular STP/Ningen collaboration that is The Racists) it was probably somewhat inevitable that I would develop a little crush on Tap Tap (another Stolen Recordings protégé).

Despite being fronted by Thomas Trustfund, of Pete and the Pirates fame, its worth remembering that this lot are an all together different manifestation great musicality; conjuring uncontrived pop with DIY at the core.

Triumphant in its waves of sparkling essence 100000 Thoughts captures a sunny innocence in echoing drums and sporadic handclaps. This musical vigour, recurrent in Drink Like a Boy, is typical of Tap Tap, whose heartening vocal lines are intercut with some of the most endearing and elevating guitars and beats I’ve had the pleasure of listening to in a while. Folky, but not overly so, Tap Tap maintain a dignified air, without losing their playful edge. Comparable to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in tenderness and intensity, their gentle, symphonic meditations are powerfully jubilant. Definitely one to check out if you’re suffering a bout of the winter blues:

www.myspace.com/taptapmusic

Instantly reminiscent of Clare de Lune, Terese, by the exquisite Library Tapes is a sombre, stirring piece of music that sonorously evokes the world tearing from the fabric of the sky. Fragment VIII is mesmerising through its simple piano lines and comforting, maternal drones; encompassing soaring warmth with a pitter-patter of mechanical intermissions this piece is reticent yet moving nonetheless. Unabridged with tear inducing, profound beauty, these utterly overwhelming interludes are something not to be overlooked. Please give them a listen.

www.myspace.com/librarytapes



With evanescent waves of intensity that oscillate with exponential reverberations and crashing cascades Cote Disaster, by The Light Sleepers, is a delight in electric tenacity. Laden with dark, resonant murmurs and uplifting wails, this piece remains vibrant and dynamic throughout. PND too is effervescent and life affirming, more downbeat than the aforementioned Cote Disaster, its lo-fi riffs and billowing beats float on a sea of greyness and despair, rising and intensifying to an understated, yet powerful, climax. Catch a wave here:

http://www.myspace.com/thelightsleeperzzz