Kevin Bronson on July 21st, 2009

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Cincinnati duo Bad Veins, a new addition to the roster at L.A.-based Dangerbird Records, release their self-titled debut today. My take on the album is that, while it’s lacking that one song you might remember in 2010, it’s catchy, clever indie-pop – imagine the Killers with much fewer resources but lots more imagination. Here’s the single:

||| Download: “Gold and Warm”

||| Watch: The video for the song here.

Also out today: “White Ink, Black Ink,” the latest from veteran Massachusetts pop-rockers Wheat, who I never thought got enough credit for 1999’s “Hope and Adams” or 2003’s “Per Second, Per Second, Per Second … Every Second.” Now Scott Levesque and Brendan Harney have fashioned an album of winsome melodies and quirky beats, one Harney calls “the quickest, most fun record we’ve ever made.” Sounds like it.

Download: “H.O.T.T.” and “Changes Is”

Watch: The video for “Changes Is.”