So much music in my inbox. It’s really hard to get through it all, and introductions that tell you where they have played with shite Band A, shite Band B and Shite Band C are not guaranteed to get my interest up. Oddly.

Yet sometimes, you just have to take a chance.

Like with Crushing Blows. Without wishing to get all seventies on you: listen to this on headphones. The Derbyshire duo of Andrew Foster (Drums, Vocals and Keyboard) and Chris Jones (Guitar and Vocals) have something distinctive about them. Not just another run of the mill indie band (THANK GOD) if this evidence -a track from their forthcoming EP is anything to go by:

They put out this track last year. It’s rather fine. An Indiepop band with the feel of Battles? Don’t knock it.

Finally, this double A-side (or whatever we call them in the digital age) came out this year. Different once again: