Longwave
"Day Sleeper" EP
(Fenway Records)

Hey, you've gotta check out Longwave. What?!? You haven't heard of them? Well… guess what? These guys went on tour with Radiohead! Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, ohmigosh! They're gonna be the next biggest, coolest, most unattainable band in the world…
I strongly doubt it. This delectable morsel of music, brought to you by newly propelled band Longwave, is tasty, but a band can only be as prolific as the accolades they accumulate and the respect they garner from their audiences around the globe. They've earned mine already, and only with the consumption of their four song Day Sleeper EP. A slight "borrowing" of title from REM can yield no distaste, for there are many, many more terrible bands to borrow from than that.
It is a given that these boys are UK blokes by both accents on vocals and guitar stylings. If you listen to the record and don't hear The Edge as frequently as I do, let's get a pot of coffee and listen to every release by U2, and we'll have a breakthrough by 1985. I'm sure of it. I'm a convincing guy. See you're convinced. I'm recommending the "Day Sleeper" EP for any fan of that edgy Brit-pop. Now go buy it, now!

-Jeff