From the unlikely Chatsworth CA, comes the beautifully abstract Baths (not pictured). He played a set last week for the Leaving Records party and left a lot of jaws dropped. If this much forward thinking is going into productions this early, it may be a sign that 2010 is going to be a great year. Or see it before your own eyes after the jump..

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I just took a listen to a few songs off the new Sunny Day In Glasgow album, and I’m totally into the whole thing. I had never really heard of them to be honest, but I picked it up after reading about them on the ISO50 blog, which is graphic designer Scott Hansen’s blog/portfolio/store (who actually makes his own music too under the name Tycho, and it’s dope too). We even posted on a another writer for their site named Alex Cornell a while back. But, that’s not what we are here for.

Im glad I decided to listen to as much as I could of this Ashes Grammar album, which is actually out for release Sept. 15. I took a listen this morning and it relaxed me out in like 3 songs. I felt like I was out. Just for a little back story, A Sunny Day in Glasgow began as a collaboration between friends Ben Daniels and Ever Nalens, both of whom had recently returned to Philadelphia after several years in the UK. The band name came from Nalens, who had been living in Glasgow, and Daniels kept it after Nalens left the project. Daniels also asked his twin sisters, Robin and Lauren, to start singing on the songs they had been working on. They do these big vocal swells that remind me of Enya or some shit. I dunno, it’s wild.

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So, we’ve already covered the new single Dominos from the London, UK Duo The Big Pink but I upon some further inspection, we need some indepth analysis here.

The Big Pink are, Robbie Furze & Milo Cordell. Currently recording their debut LP at the Electric Ladyland Studios in New York (which is set for release after the summer), The Big Pink are something of a shoegaze band, but don’t let the (most likely) ill concieved label fool you.

With guitars that push you into the back hall of a dingy night club, The Big Pink use a perfect balance of electronic instrumentation to bring something new to the floor. With a voice that brings forth the pixes or placebo (at times) I am falling in love with these possibly destined londers who don’t want you to to die wondering.

I say destined not only because these guys seem to have the crossover strength to get to me and then some, but neither are new to the world of success in the music industry. Milo Cordell is son of 1960s pop producer Denny – which does make me wonder if their name comes from The Band’s album entitled “Big Pink”. Cordell also runs the Merok label, which has released cutting-edge dance acts such as Klaxons and Crystal Castles. Robbie Furze is a former guitarist with electro-punk singer Alec Empire (of in the infamous Atari Teenage Riot – which deserves a long post to themselves) and is also a founding member of the band Panic DHH.

With 3 singles released, and an LP on the horizon The Big Pink are on the verge if you ask me, but who really cares what I think – judge for yourself

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