After searching within the depths of the music blogosphere, it looks like I’m a bit late writing about this indiepop band. I suppose my laziness is partially to blame as I’ve been listening to these guys for the past month or so. For the benefit of the peeps who don’t know, This Is Ivy League is a New York duo of Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez hell bent on ushering in a summer of blowing bubbles, croquet in the park and patting small children on the head.
If you enjoy bands like Camera Obscura or Pas/Cal, chances are you’ll dig this album. There seems to be a song for any occasion – the strum and jangle of ‘London Bridges’ is perfect for a tandem bike ride, while the lovely acoustic (and my favorite) ‘Viola’ is great for sipping a cup of tea indoors on a rainy Sunday.
TIIL seems to be one of those bands thats on the cusp of making it big, but they just need one of their songs to be featured on a cell phone or car commercial and they’ve got it made in the summer shade.
4/5
Video for ‘London Bridges’
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Horaayy..there are 5 comment(s) for me so far ;)
yeah man these guys are good.
Vik, I can’t believe that you left out the Kings of Convenience comparison. The slower more vocal tracks are dead on. I had TIIL on in my house when somebody yelled at me, “Is that the new Kings Of Convenience?”
speaking of tweeview, can somebody remove the not quite rocket science link on the site. they packed up shop when their url expired.
link removed…and may I add: noooooooooo!!
you can’t feel that bad if you didnt know they didnt exist anymore