I’m normally opposed to bands with names like this on pragmatic level; the name sounds like either: A) a band with three superfluous members playing triangles and pretending to like R&B, or B) the reality that combining animal names has been passé for quite sometime, causing the band to name themselves after arbitrary household items. That being said, First Aid Kit apparently covered a Fleet Foxes track a few years back and Hypemachine, amongst others told us we should care. Either way, being late to the game is fine by me, and this track spiked my interest enough to check them out.
Their new record, The Lion’s Roar, drops Tuesday, January 24th. We should all pick it up.