The Thousands

The croon is making a comeback.

I’m not talkin’ Bing Crosby crooning; I mean the kind the New Romantics revitalised, and that The Smiths have stamped eternally, indelibly cool. It’s in new bands like Cut Off Your Hands and Foreign Born, and Melbourne’s shockingly able upstarts Oh Mercy.**After gaining considerable buzz off their EP, In The Nude for Love, Oh Mercy’s debut LP, Privileged Woes, is a killer collection of songs for springtime, with a wry sense of humor and catchy melodies. The kinda sweet 60s style produced by Phil Spector, Belle & Sebastian or Camera Obscura. They lilt, they jangle, they swoon; but thankfully, they always stay just this side of fey.

It’s great when they drift sideways into fuzz, like at the end of ‘Met A Wizard’, and with this strong a debut, there’s surely more greatness to come.