The Nextdoor Neighbors

I'm a little bit in love with these tracks from The Nextdoor Neighbors' 'folktronic'/'organically-grown bedroom pop' album, Magic Vs the Machine (Bicycle Records). They make me feel like a teenage girl. They're all simple and pretty. And I don't mean that in a patronizing way. At all. It's exactly the kind of stuff I'd be listening to on a Sunday afternoon, if, you know, I didn't spend my Sunday afternoons getting killed by my PhD thesis.

As if the tracks weren't enough reason for me to love them, here's a description of what went down during their album launch:

Saturday night was the duo’s CD release party for their debut album Magic Vs. the Machine (Bicycle Records) at the Vera Project, with the most opportune word in this sentence being 'party'. The band was perfectly lovely, striking a balance between being ready for their big night and being overwhelmed by it. The room at Vera was packed with teenagers, and you could guess most were friends. Between songs, Kathy (Cote) and Jessie (Hill) tried to thank everyone who showed up and it felt like an Academy Awards acceptance speech during every break: rushed for time and afraid that someone would be left out and not thanked (but they did control when the music started). I think Cote wanted to delay the start of the set (from 8:45) by a few minutes so that her brother could make it, who was driving up from Vancouver, WA to be there. He eventually showed up about 10 minutes into the set. (via Three Imaginary Girls)

Seems really 'real'. 'Wonder if they'll turn into assholes if they make it big.



The Nextdoor Neighbors - Anti-Lullaby


The Nextdoor Neighbors - Cultural Revolution


The Nextdoor Neighbors - Magic Vs the Machine