MP3 | Empty Pools — ‘Vanderbilt Cup’

Like a diary entry written in a code of pop culture references

‘Vanderbilt Cup’ is the debut single from Bristolian four-piece Empty Pools (facebook / twitter), and as introductions go it is very impressive indeed. The track’s fissiparous melody evolves constantly without ever sounding confused, switching between breezy, jangly guitars in the verses and prog-influenced riffs in the chorus, building towards its climax with a playful yet forceful insistence.

Lyrically the track is equally intriguing, the tone both inclusively intimate and beguilingly abstract, like a diary entry written in a code of pop culture references – an enigma fortified by Leah Pritchard’s conversational and assured vocals. Check out a solo track of hers over at Bandcamp too, available on a name-your-own-price basis.

Tagged empty pools, leah pritchard, LLPP