Veronica Falls / Bad Feeling

Slumberland

From the ashes of the late, great The Royal We and Sexy Kids come Veronica Falls. Formed in early 2009, they were quickly recognized by those with a discerning ear for urgent, tuneful guitar pop with a dark undercurrent. Excellent singles for “Found Love in a Graveyard” and “Beachy Head” on Captured Tracks and No Pain in Pop turned heads on both sides of the Atlantic. In a musical landscape cluttered with sound-alike lo-fi pop bands, Veronica Falls’ consummate songwriting skills, spooky harmonies and distinctive guitar interplay clearly set them apart and mark their upcoming debut LP as one of the most anxiously awaited in recent memory. Recorded with Guy Fixsen (My Bloody Valentine, The Breeders) and Ash Workman (Metronomy, Summer Camp), that album is now complete, and “Bad Feeling” is the first single. Sporting a rough garage feel and driven by hard-strummed guitars and thumping drums, “Bad Feeling” wouldn’t sound out of place on a Nuggets comp or an early Flying Nun record. But once the male / female vocals usher in the call-and-response chorus, it’s apparent that this could only be Veronica Falls. It’s clearly pop, but touched by darkness and mystery—the kind that sticks around long after the song is over.

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