Kevin Bronson on March 23rd, 2022

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For your listening pleasure: New singles from Dear Boy, PENDANT and Vicky Farewell, all of whom have full-lengths on the way.

DEAR BOY, “Wet Clothes”

Since there’s still no news on exactly when Dear Boy’s full-length album will arrive (“later this year” is the best we can do), there’s not a lot we can add to the L.A. quartet’s narrative. Except to say that their new single “Wet Clothes,” like “(On My) Mind” and others, is exemplary of their made-in-L.A. Britpop, crushingly yearning, sounding as exquisitely affected as any British band you loved back in the day (to repeat ourselves). “Anything can be an emotional trigger when you miss someone,” says frontman Ben Grey, “in the case of this song, the feeling of the pouring rain. Something like that can make you feel close to someone again even though you know in your heart you’ve never been farther away. For me, this is the quintessential Dear Boy song. Each of us has our favorite from the album, and ‘Wet Clothes’ is mine.”

PENDANT, “Blue Mare”

L.A. native Chris Adams — aka PENDANT — had us at the chase scene in the video for his single “Static Dream.” Now he checks in with an evocative, impressionistic slice of electronic rock from his album, “Harp,” out April 8 via Saddle Creek. He explains that the song is “about the fear and melancholy that comes with getting older, feeling like your best years have already passed and that you might not become the person you dreamed of being as a kid. Time is more fluid and dynamic than that, though. I wanted to honor that fear while affirming that I’m slowly becoming a better and more realized version of myself.” PENDANT plays Genghis Cohen on April 7 (tickets).

VICKY FAREWELL, “Get Me”

So many synths, so little time. “Get Me” is the final single before the April 8 release of Vicky Farewell’s debut album, “Sweet Company,” via Mac’s Record Label. The follow-up to “Kakashi (All of the Time)” and “Are We OK?,” it’s airy and jubilant and the final song on the record. “I felt invincible making ʻGet Me,ʼ” says Farewell. “Itʼs that feeling when someone finally understands what youʼre all about. Itʼs also the feeling of achieving a breakthrough, just lighthearted, pure satisfaction.” Vicky Farewell opens for John Carroll Kirby on April 8 at the Pico Union Project (tickets).