Seraphina Lotkhamnga on June 27th, 2012

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Sure, U.K.’s Two Wounded Birds‘ debut album is out now on the Drums’ label, Holiday Friend Record Company (a newly minted subsidiary of Frenchkiss Records). But put that association aside, and this Margate, England-based quartet has come up with some beautiful dream-pop tunes on their self-titled record. Hazy bass-heavy lines alongside wistfully sung lyrics in songs like “If Only We Remain” are a throwback to slow pop gems, and youth anthems like “To Be Young” ring out with influences by Ramones and the Pretenders. Two Wounded Birds songs may have derived from pain, but boy, their sepia-toned melodies sure do sound pretty.

||| Download: “To Be Young”