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Carefree days feel more and more distant with each skim of the ol' RSS reader, and The Boy Least Likely To's happy-sad twee-pop aches all the better for it. The UK duo of Pete Hobbs and Jof Owen can be seen scampering around a field and cruising in goofy vehicles in the video for latest single "A Balloon on a Broken String", from upcoming The Best Party Ever follow-up The Law of the Playground. "I know I look shiny and bouncy/ But I'm all empty inside," TBLLT sing, seconding the emotion of sad clowns since Smokey Robinson. Childlike sincerity-- plus a sound that encompasses zippy synths, chiming glockenspiel, warm California harmonies, and brittle new-wave guitar-- makes the sentiment their own.BONUS: A video for the flip from this double A-side single, the boyishly valiant Dexys Midnight Runners-style ditty "Every Goliath Has Its David", is also up now on Vimeo.[from The Law of the Playground; due 03/03/09 in the UK on Too Young to Die and 04/14/09 in the U.S. on +1]
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