from Melted Toys' upcoming self-titled debut

out July 15th, 2014

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Melted Toys - Blush

1234

Break

Taken from the album "Chorus." Out now on Slumberland Records.

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Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold. 

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, "Arab Spring," which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7”, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. "Arab Spring" was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, "Chorus," with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band's arranging and playing front and center. "Chorus" is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.

Literature - New Jacket

Her - The American Dawn (official)

The Sound of the Smiths

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (2008 Remaster)

This Charming Man (Single Version) [2008 Remaster] (Single Version; 2008 Remaster)

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (2008 Remaster)

The Smiths - This Charming Man

My Kind of Woman

This Old Dog

Moonlight on the River

f song

Changes

Telephones

TELEPHONES

music and lyrics written by Alex Stephens 
produced by Alex Stephens 
mastered by Joel Anthony Pratchett 
artwork by Joanne Liu

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what would I do?

Taken from the upcoming 'Taking My Time To Be EP' - out 27/9.
Available to order on 180g bone coloured download here:
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Strawberry Guy - Mrs Magic

Someday is the opening track from The Growlers' album Hung at Heart, released 25/03/2013 in the UK and Europe on FatCat Records

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The Growlers - Someday

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (2008 Remaster)

The Smiths

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