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Furniture - False Start

The greatest Malaysian export since the Ramly burger, Furniture have been called “shoegaze with a punch”. While their debut album Twilight Chases the Sun (2005) had a huge post-rock vibe, the upcoming release is supposed to feature more singing from frontman Ronnie.

False Start is actually a pretty old piece, but it fits right in with the vocal-centric concept. Ron’s voice isn’t the most fantastic, to be honest, but he belts out his lines with such earnestness that you can’t help but bop along. They’ve also managed to squeeze massive sounds out of a multitude of instruments, as usual — from screaming synths to trashy guitar to trumpets and even a layer of vocals at the end.

I don’t even know what to label this, but it reminds me of some of the louder baroque pop pieces by Broken Social Scene. Just give it a shot, I suppose. You might be pleasantly surprised by this audio post.

So psyched. I can finally stop abusing that old live bootleg and put this on repeat. You can grab the MP3 off Ronnie’s stream (well I don’t know if you actually can) here.