i hate the sound of guitars

Artist of the Week: Sky Larkin

Late with this week’s post in part because I find Sky Larkin tricky to describe. Singer Katie Harkin’s voice reminds me a lot of Land of Talk’s Lizzie Powell, which is the sort of comparison I hate. Perhaps more usefully, both bands are guitar/bass/drum indie rock trios. Beyond that, I get a little stuck. Sky Larkin is a little too spiky to be classified as power pop, but not as jittery as, say, Los Campesinos! or The Sugarcubes. It sounds a little bit like a lot of things, and not slavishly like any one thing in particular — which is pretty much how I like it.

For those keeping score, this is yet another find I owe to Bradley’s Almanac.