I went to Boston for a week a few years ago and all I can now remember about the city (apart from the fact that it was one enormous building site) was The Toy Museum. This may, or may not, be a good thing!
My love affair with the city is rekindled after receiving an email from Jon in New York (who ISN'T part of the band, I have been assured!) He spiels: "I wanted to introduce you to a great new band from Boston called Aberdeen City. Aberdeen City is releasing their first full length "The Freezing Atlantic" on October 25 produced by Nic Hard (The Bravery, The Church, Jesse Malin) and I would love to have you involved with it. Aberdeen City has been receiving much praise from critics and music lovers. Their recent EP release was #2 most added at CMJ and is a big hit at college radio, and it has been also selling well at iTunes. They are also receiving love on commercial radio stations in their hometown of Boston. They have played with some great bands like with The National, British Sea Power, Elefant, Stellastarr*, and The Redwalls."
Reviews compare them to Coldplay and Radiohead (I can only assume we're talking about pre-pre-Parachutes and Pablo Honey respectively) but I can hear more modern influences than that with a bit of that spiky post-punk Bloc Party kind of sound, although it's much more of an Interpol-type march. Good start to the weekend then, someone sends me an email asking me to listen to their stuff and it's great - two tracks and I love them both in equal measures. Hear for yourselves, and spread the good word.
