Back in March a group called Cults made a big splash in the music blogosphere with "Go Outside". At the time is was the only known track from the deliberately clandestine group. While deciding to wait for a little something more to write about, this song has quickly racked up a substantial play count here at the Spectrum. We were quite excited to find out a good deal more about Cults in recent months. We now know the project is helmed by Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin who are film students in NYC. The song was released as part of a set of 3 on a 7" over on their Bandcamp. The group has plans to release a full length sometime this year and possibly start touring. In the meantime, the aforementioned 7" is so buttery delicious that we can continue to satiate ourselves just a little longer.
"Go Outside" plays comfortably in the mix of any summer playlist. The call to action from the title is evoked perfectly in the sonic qualities of this track. Despite an ironically morbid sampling from ultimate cult leader Jim Jones - jangling glockenspiel and a Jackson 5 inspired bassline mingle with reverberating choral vocals that resemble the kind of lo-fi indie pop coming out of some countries like Sweden lately. Grab your bicycle, get their one and only release over on the Bandcamp, get it on your iPod and set to repeat, then start riding for perfect summertime fun. With only that 7" to their name, the details of this project may still be a little hazy and your summer might be even hazier, but it's clear that we can't wait to hear more from Cults.
Cults - "Go Outside"
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