2000 Great Songs #1359: Floating Vibes

Florida band Surfer Blood make 2010s-era jangle pop music, but coat it in just enough of a distorted gauze--far from Jesus & Mary Chain territory, but from the same school of let's-take-a-nice-pop-song-and-fizz-it-up-to-grab-your-attention. "Floating Vibes," off their solid 2010 debut Astro Coast, perfectly nails the aesthetic, a catchy, offbeat indie pop song, with the gentle hooks swathed in just a touch of buzz, a bare suggestions of shoegaze out on the perimeter, one of those songs that seems feather-light yet totally burrows into my consciousness.

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