The Harpoons

The Harpoons - Keep You Around

The newest track from the newly re-emerged Harpoons holds a few surprises for those fond of the irreverent tambourine shaking, 'grittily' recorded sixties sounds of the Faith EP. Aside from a noted step up in production values (crisp plucked bass and smooth drums), the songwriting on 'Keep You Around' shifts the band's focus from the bouncy garage sounds of the 60s to the snappy soul of Detroit. In this context the interaction between lead vocalist Bec Rigby and the backing hollers of the Madin brothers adopts a neat Jackson 5 sensibility.

Perhaps the most obvious reference point for this new track comes from Oscar + Martin's early 2011 single 'Do The Right Thing', which similarly recast irrepressibly groovy (is that word okay now?) RnB influences with inner-Melbourne bedroom-recording cred. Unsurprisingly, Bec and Harpoons drummer Martin King had a big hand in that chestnut too.

'Keep You Around' is the first taste of the new Harpoons record produced in collaboration with the meekly mind-shattering Nick Huggins and Two Bright Lakes. Drool.