Tags can say a lot about a band. Take Vancouver's Real Boys, for instance. The four-piece, made up entirely of guys from bands with a yen for exclamation marks (Everett Morris of Oh No! Yoko, Stephen O'Shea formerly of You Say Party and at least one person from Abbostford post-hardcore math-rock unit GSTS!), whose bandcamp tags include "fun", "pop", "summer" and... well, that's it.
That says it all, really. Take "Vacation", the band's first single. From the get-go, the straight-ahead guitar riff and plaintive vocals conjure images of hitting the road with your best buds (and maybe a few beers), shimmering sun on blacktop highways and just a little bit of heartbreak. OK, maybe a lot.
The first EP from Real Boys is out March 27th. Catch them on their Western Canadian tour, and in Saskatoon on April 11th at Vangelis.
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