Kevin Bronson on August 21st, 2014

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Seldom have we come across band that less looks the part as Sweet Bump It, the Echo Park-based septet who appear to have just walked out of an Adrienne Rich study group. You know what they say about looks, though. Fronted by diminutive shredder-in-training Nicole “Paco” de Leon and co-founded by Jenna Eyrich, Sweet Bump It are bumping fairly straight-ahead blues-rock. Since the band came out from behind the Orange (County) Curtain last year and settled in L.A., the lineup has solidified with guitarist Andrew Parker, drummer Jason Doolittle and a trio of backup singers – Francesca “Cecca” Salac, Marlaine Reiner and Lisa Deines – who give the songs on last fall’s “First Slice” EP an old-soul vibe. They’re having fun with it, as evidenced by the new video for the single “Dauphine” (that’s the canine who kinda steals the show). The video was directed by Sammi Cohen, and it is, at the very least, a reminder to always make friends with the doorman.

||| Stream: “Revolution”

||| Live: Sweet Bump It plays Sept. 8 at the Silverlake Lounge.