I get a number of submissions for 17 Seconds, and it’s sheer luck that I happened to be online when an email from a band called ‘Be Like Pablo’ came into my inbox.

In their own words ‘Be Like Pablo make catchy guitar-based powerpop music with bright girl/boy vocal harmonies. Think the Beach Boys with Scottish accents, Moog synthesizers, noisy guitars and a healthy dose of nerdy enthusiasm.’ I think if you like Fountains of Wayne and early Weezer, for example, you are going to love this band.’

I got an email from a member of the band called Ewen, so I emailed him back to find out more and this is what he said in reply:

“We are based in a small little-known town called Forres (nearish Inverness) and our band comprises Ewen Watson (vocals, synth, guitar), Ross Watson (guitar, vocals), Jen Blackburn (vocals, synth), Jamie Murphy (bass, even more vocals) and Blair Stewart (drums, samples, no vocals). We have recorded a full-length album at Ca Va studios in Glasgow for which we are currently looking for a label (hence the videos etc. to gather interest.)”

This is their most recent single:

This double AA side came out last year:

Here are the videos for the single:

Surely we will be hearing more from these guys soon…