some of it was true!

You know that interlude between being asleep and waking up?  If an alarm clock has its way this fuzzy period lasts only a few seconds, but otherwise it can stretch for minutes – a bleary, confused and cosy episode where you try and cling to your dreams.  And here’s the perfect soundtrack for those slow mornings: Victoria & Jacob’s blissful chill-out pop, combining electronic ripples and synthetic samples with earnest female vocals and a general bubble-bath atmosphere that makes everything a little easier.  First Aid Kit, Imogen Heap, Lykke Li and Joanna Newsom are  all echoed, but Victoria & Jacob went down an altogether trippier rabbit hole.

The London duo’s single With Certainty is due on 5 April via Voga Parochia - and the B-side is available below.  Forthcoming gigs include The Flowerpot on Weds 17 March, There Goes The Fear’s Blog Off night (more on this soon) at Roundhouse on Sat 20 March and a Pure Groove lunchtime in-store on Tues 6 April.  Also worth checking out an interview on The Devil Has The Best Tuna – find out how Victoria’s previous singing style got her compared to Kate Nash. (Disclaimer: SOIWT like, totally hates Kate Nash)

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MP3: Victoria & Jacob – There’s A War