Buzz on October 4th, 2010

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Is there such a thing as progressive garage rock? Anything is possible when it comes to British Sea Power, and the eccentric U.K. quartet’s latest EP – seven songs clocking in at 43 minutes – is certainly musically expansive, if nothing else. Title track “Zeus” namechecks deceased Russian leaders, celebrity chef Rick Stein and ’80s British children’s TV character Worzel Gummidge as the band effortlessly segues from one anthemic crescendo to the next. A four-and-a-half minute edit of the seven-minute opus is available for download below, while the full EP is out digitally through Rough Trade on Tuesday. U.S. tour dates are expected to follow the release of a fourth studio album, slated for early 2011. Watch this space.

||| Download: “Zeus”

– By David McKay