Guess I missed the boat on last week’s announcement by Lefse Records, but it seems that Girls guitarist Ryan Lynch’s new project Dominant Legs can finally update their myspace page and remove the word “unsigned”. Home to critic darlings Neon Indian and The Delta Mirror as well as starting up the sister label Waaga Records earlier this year, Lefse is certainly gaining territory fast — and with the Dominant Legs signing it looks like they are gearing up for a label-of-the-year run for ’10.
Posting a series of demos this past October, the one that caught my eye most is the track “Clawing Out At the Walls”. With quivering vocals provided by Lynch over a repetitive tropical-tinged guitar line and laid-back bongo drumming, the song almost makes you forget it’s the dead of winter outside and it’s freaking cold in your apartment. Almost… Although the good time feel is present with the track, I wouldn’t consider it in the same “beach realm” as acts like Real Estate as Lynch’s choice of chords and harmonies have a more dusky — more mysterious — tone to it.
You can check out the track below and, if you’re interested, mosey on over to their myspace page to dive head first into some other demos:
Dominant Legs // Clawing Out at the Walls
Tags: Dominant Legs, Lefse, mp3