Having become rather acutely aware that I seem to have headed off into beardy folky territory quite a bit of late ( see posts about Josh Ritter, Roky Erickson and the like) the ever reliable Steve Lamacq reminds me that there is still much fun to be had at the spiky end of the spectrum. The Neat offer quite a tonic in that department and I commend the House to review the said Mr Lamacq’s post that is more eloquent than I could be, watch the Vimeo vid below and spend a little time on their Myspace site…

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10603166&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

The Neat – In Youth Is Pleasure from Danny North on Vimeo.