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CMU Approved
Approved: Fang Island
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 25 March 2010
Hailing from Brooklyn, Fang Island describe their sound as “everyone high-fiving everyone” and claim their main aim is to “make music for people who like music”. What either of those things mean is up for debate, but the band’s sound mixes the slightly unlikely combination of Jay Reatard, Marnie Stern, Andrew WK and Thin Lizzy to create songs that are exciting and immediate.
With suitably wide-eyed praise lauded on them by Pitchfork, and having been one of the artists who saw the biggest growth in interest following last week’s SxSW, the band’s eponymous debut album is out now and has become a regular feature on the CMU stereo. You can stream the album for free and download it for $6.99 (which is pretty much free) at the link below. If you’re pushed for time, start with recent single, ‘Daisy’, or just enjoy the brilliant cover artwork.
digital.fangisland.com/album/fang-island
