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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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The Boy Least Likely To: Video: The : "The First Snowflake"
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The coming winter sends the Boy Least Likely To, like PAS/CAL, to the beach in this video for new single "The First Snowflake". But at first there's no snow on the ground except when the English indie-pop duo write the word in the sand with a stick. Filmed in Scotland, the video takes in vast, verdant landscapes that manage to convey that ch...
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The Boy Least Likely To: New Music: The : "The First Snowflake" [Stream]
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Colbert, you've been bumped. Wide-eyed English indie-pop duo the Boy Least Likely To, who a couple of years ago pinned a fine yuletide tale to their song "Little Donkey", are in before Thanksgiving with the first 2008 Christmas-y song any of you are likely to want to hear again come January. Seasonal mostly in the ecumenical sense, like "Win...
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The Boy Least Likely To: Progress Report: The
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Today we check in with and premiere a new song from an English indie-pop duo whose Best Party Ever made many Best of 2005 lists...NAME: The Boy Least Likely ToPROGRESS REPORT: Single, "The First Snowflake" out December 15; second album out March 2009, recorded at home in Wendover, England.
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