Khartoum - Some Days EP (Young Poet) 
Release Date: Out Now
Oooooooooh, this is a bit tasty. London trio Khartoum have dropped their second EP and I'm just getting on board now but it's a great place to start I rekon. The 'Some Days' EP opens with the title track and it is a heady mix of the Noisettes, Young Knives and Janelle Monae if she had formed a tight indie-pop trio with slick guitars, intoxicating percussion and the kind of layered vocals that you just want to roll around on. 'Chromosomes' is up next with a funky but dark disco vibe that sits somewhere between Fleetwood Mac and Moloko with a neon cool streak running through the middle of it.
The edgy indie energy of 'Ten People' has a real early 00s vibe but the power and sheer punchiness of the tune brings it right up to date so expect to hear it on the soundtrack of the next series of Sex Education. The EP finishes with 'I Was Born' which has a more punky feel to it like the Joy Formidable doing an album of covers of songs by the Fall with the vocals pitched somewhere between bored and Iggy Pop levels of sex appeal. This isn't their debut EP but it is my first expsoure to Khartoum and, based on these four songs alone, they are very much in contention for being my new favourite band. Superb stuff.
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