There is little to nothing known about Cults… The band that is. Obviously if you try to google search their name you will get back 4,530,000 search results about everything but a guy/girl duo making 60’s inspired pop music. There is no Myspace page and no background info to be found. We only know that they are a guy/girl duo because Pitchfork is great at doing their homework. Go Outside, their first track to surface on the internet, brilliantly starts out with a sample by Jonestown leader Jim Jones: “To me, death is not a fearful thing. It’s living that’s treacherous.” The quote is kind of heavy, the song is everything but. A lo-fi sing-along that is built on a simple but catchy bassline, glockenspiel and hand claps. The vocals are drenched in reverb and express the feeling of wanting to go outside to play, while still being holed up in bed… I can feel the sunshine now.
Listen to “Go Outside” here
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