The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Boxed In

Piano driven. Big bubbly bass. Funky as a leper’s love muscle and a smidgeon quirky. I mean outside the box. No guitars. A mite transcendental in part. Those are just a few of the reasons to love Boxed In's Mystery(Jan’15).

 

 

Mystery is an indie pop song about exploring the depths of a romantic relationship, it’s jiggy as a porn stars tits when she's on top and as much fun as a ferret down your pants, and dollars to dimes one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“Complicated sighs but in all the right directions
I look this way, and there you are”

 

 

Boxed In are a four piece band with Oli Bayston, a singer slash songwriter and producer, at its creative centre. Boxed In popped out of London in 2013. Mystery is one of a few singles from their debut album Boxed In (Jan’15).

Shit you need to know:

Lonely is the motherfucking blogger who didn’t punch plastic after hearing this ditty.

Click music described Mystery as “electric funk”. Sounds like what robot girls swallow. Stereogum said Mystery has, “atmospheric sweeps which swell and recede".

Clash music called it, “psychedelic,” fucking adjective of the year for the English, “idiosyncratic” and “whimsical.” Others mentioned "classical undertones" and a "craftsmanship and complexity worthy of a Thom Yorke or Aphex Twin".

Finally Barry Gruff opined Mystery has “an undeniably infectious groove and more than a hint of electronica.” Which does sound better than ‘stickier than a Gypsy’s gash on dole day’.

Oli Bayston played in a Manchester band Keith for years and has done grind for many bands or singers including Lily Allen.

The big man says hepitches a tent for 70’s motoric Kraut rock and House and likes The Bohicas, Little Cub and Zola Blood.

Oli has written tunes for 2 Bears, produced The Voyeurs and The Bohicas.

Boxed In's music has been described as similar to 2 Bears and poppy Hot Chip tunes.

The band have performed fluffer duties for La Roux and Django Django this year.

 

 

 

 

 

The double dip is Kiwi indie folk band Avalanche City and their New Zealand number one song, Love Love Love (2011).

Which is as happy as the title sounds. Superb video too.