Pretty and Nice: Vermont Band Maintains Both Adjectives on Debut
Though relatively unknown to the world outside of Burlington, VT and Boston (the band’s home away from home), Pretty and Nice’s debut Pink & Blue will undoubtedly pave the way to…something good, whatever that may be. The quartet calls on the sounds of The Jam, XTC, The English Beat, and The Futureheads as musical starting points, though the subject matter of the songs may bring to mind groups that tend to deliver lyrical innocence–The Unicorns, etc.
Pretty and Nice - “Busy Bees”
The taut, stop/start rhythms and carefree hooks are the disc’s most obvious strengths, but to the band, the most important facet is something not as obvious:
Eric, bassist of Pretty and Nice: “I think this is an album defined by dualities; musically and thematically. Juxtapositions are what give breath to the record. I think that starts to come across in the album title (and maybe even the band name itself), and is evident even moreso in the music itself.”
The disc will be available near the end of October, but as the band has yet to acquire a label, your best bet is to check ‘em out online on Myspace.
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