The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - San Cisco

San Cisco released Run on Nov ’14 so there’s that but, as it was the shock troops of a triumvirate of triumphant singles from their shit-hot 2015 album Gracetown (April'15), let’s roll on. San Cisco are an indie pop band from Fremantle, West Australia, and like skate-boarding and gaming. They have been compared to The Drums, The Flaming Lips and Vampire Weekend. Their influences are MGMT, Vampire Weekend and The Flaming Lips. The AU Review said Run is "...a classic, upbeat indie bop-along track indicative of the infectious grooves that the band has become known for..." and the album Gracetown is "...a record that is fresh and exciting, while still paying homage to the unique sound..."

 

Run is another song that grew on me slowly like cock rot. It's got this funky, heavy breathing for percussion and a fat beat that minds more than a smidge of Gorillaz Feel Good Inc and somehow I conflated the Isabella of this tune with Arabella in the Arctic Monkey's song. Easy done. Anyway the song is about chasing a lady above your weight-class. The band have said Run is "...a darker, dancier number than usual..." and has a "bangin riff." It does, it bangs harder than sailor in Bangkok on two days leave. With a fat groove and some dirty guitars in support Run is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“Gave my heart to Isabella,
She's bad news but I'm no better”


 

 

Shit you need to know:

Run is the lead single from San Cisco's second album Gracetown.

The three men in the band went to school together and played in school bands.

The band were originally known as King George but a survey of friends and family persuaded them to change it to San Cisco, because it has a “clean slate.”

When The Gramophone Rings said Run is "a fun and flirty tune" and "the perfect dash of summer warmth."

Gracetown was produced by Steve Schram who has bent his back for bands like Paul Kelly, Little Birdy, The Cat Empire and Shihad.



Songs that Run is similar to are Al Bairre Bungalow, The 1975 Chocolate, and The Jungle Giants She’s A Riot and Sweet Emotion by The Kooks according to Indie Shuffle.

I was minded of Chet Faker's Drop The Game, Flume's Holdin On and Passion Pit's Where The Sky Hangs.

Bass player Nick Gardner accidentally shot himself in the foot when rabbit shooting at a friend's farm.

In 2013 San Cisco toured the US on fluffer duty for The Vaccines.

The band have a popular cover of Daft Punk's Lucky recorded on iconic radio program Like A Version on Australia's Triple J (2013).

If you need more of San Cisco's sweet goodness try the sublime Magic, fantastic Too Much Time Together or the wonderful Bitter Winter.

 

Slippery seconds is from Brooklyn indie pop duo Matt and Kim. The couple have been making sweet music together since 2004 and quickly found mass popularity, touring in 2013 with Passion Pit and fronting Fall Out Boy shows in 2014. Matt and Kim have five albums on the shelf and Hey Now came bubbling off their fifth New Glow (2015) and will make you jump around like you've got a ferret in your pants and it's commando Monday.

“Oh you’re the troubles that I always find

But if you died I’d die right by your side”