"Them That Do Nothing" - Field Music

“Them That Do Nothing” is taken from Field Music’s fourth full-length studio album, Measure. Although the Sunderland quartet have been compared to Futureheads and The New Pornographers in the past, “Them That Do Nothing” could be C&V’d straight from A Hard Day’s Night.

The vocals, guitar and trademark baseline are undeniably McCartney/Starr/Lennon/Harrison-inspired, but not in the faux-Fab Four tradition of Oasis; this is tastefully played with a poise that has become a signature-mark of this indie band. Aside from the Beatles’ parallels, the song also invokes Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac – the twitches of acoustic guitar and sporadic electric improvisations are highly similar to Don’t Stop or Never Go Back Again.

Genius recommends; XTC, The Police, The Left Blanke, The Shins, Correcto

"Norway" - Beach House

“Norway” by Beach House is a psychedelic, soft-edged hybrid of chamber-pop, art rock and electro-indie from their debut album Teen Dream. Bearing forth with MGMT or Cajun Dance Party style dual-vocalists, and melancholic Hawaiian-esque synths, Norway is a floating, humid track with obviously dilated pupils. The current trend in US indie music to stand away from urbanite influences is alive here in the band’s name – and in their musical contemporaries, Woods.

As well as following this burgeoning movement, Beach House have taken clear stylistic footnotes from Fleet Foxes’ hymnal eponymous debut in 2008. Norway is trippy, emotive and kaleidoscopic - and hauntingly, colourfully, beautiful. This is transporting, intoxicating and dream-inducing music at its best.

Genius recommends; My Bloody Valentine, Volcano Choir, Best Coast, Wild Beasts, Real Estate