Darwin Deez

Artist- Darwin Deez
Album- self-titled
Label- Lucky Number
Genre- Indie pop

This debut album from a mustached hipster already has the British press blowin’ up, now Darwin Deez has hit American shores. Songs like “Constellations” and “Radar Detector” are chirpy, upbeat numbers that sound like the intersection of The Strokes (first album era) and Yeasayer. It’s hard to find problems with these 3-minute gems. As an album, there’s naturally some filler, but the combination of Deez’s earnest vocals (switching between deadpan, falsetto, and Julian Casablancas’ casualness), the weird 4-string guitar he plays, and drum machine beats make for some great indie-pop songs.