Scotland has a long, proud history of DIY post-punk, indie-pop, and twee, and that history continues to grow. Water Machine, a Glasgow band who take a great press pic, will release their full-length debut God Park this summer. Today, they’ve shared the new single “River,” and it’s a banger. “River” is a shimmering, shambling jangle-jam that keeps hitting you with hooks from every angle, like you’re trapped in a crowd of Candymans. Candymen? I don’t know what the plural of “Candyman” is, but I do know that this song goes hard and that I want to hear more unexpectedly funky basslines and girl-group harmonies like this.
