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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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‘Tis the season for Christmas-related songs, guys. Last year the Boy Least Likely To gave us “The First Snowflake.” Now the duo’s gathered that song and ten others into a full-length collection of twee Christmas tunes. As you’d guess from their past albums, the holidays are made for wistful refle...
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Just when you thought the Boy Least Likely To couldn't be any more twee. The Jayne Vidheecharoen directed video for "When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade" is so sweet as fuck it almost hurts. A little knitted bird puppet with button eyes makes friends with a cute apple with eyes the same, and after they meet some mean looking lemons the bir...
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The Boy Least Likely To: The Law of the Playground
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English twee-pop band follows its 2005 debut, The Best Party Ever, with another collection of anorak pop, sunny West Coast harmonies, Belle and Sebastian-y folk, country, and soul.read more
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The Law Of The Playground videos are starting to come the fast and the furiously. The clip for looking-California-feeling-Minnesota ditty "A Balloon On A Broken String" fuses the cheery hijinx of Every Goliath Has Its David" with the outdoorsy, downcast wanderlust of "The First Snowflake," which is a perfect recipe for the track's deceptively mo...
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