Major Leagues

"Tossing and turning in the too-familiar struggles of modern-day young love, the four-piece cover their anxiety in gentle, jangly pop with heaps of charm."

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Major Leagues have been a major name in Brisbane garage pop since they released a series of singles in 2012 and their debut EP, Weird Season, back in 2013. But, we haven’t heard too much from them since. Instantly lovable, their latest single “Someone Sometime” wades through unhurried guitar lines and sugarcoated harmonies that pick up right where they left off. Garage elements protrude from the web of mellow instrumentation, covering the sunny, yarning melody in just the right amount of fuzz. Tossing and turning in the too-familiar struggles of modern-day young love, the four-piece cover their anxiety in gentle, jangly pop with heaps of charm. - The Wild Honey Pie (USA)

"Good luck trying to get it out of your head after that first listen."

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It’s been far too long since we’ve heard the jangly pop tones of Brisbane’s Major Leagues. Their debut EP Weird Season released last year won the band plenty of praise and adoration from new fans and critics alike. Since then the band have been busy touring their asses off, featured on Rice is Nice’s chicks only mixtape and are set to wow crowds at this year’s massive BIGSOUND conference.

Okay so maybe it hasn’t been that long since we heard from the band, but with such quality songwriting we wouldn’t blame you for feeling a little antsy waiting for new music from Major Leagues. Thankfully, the band have new music premiering today in the form of Someone Sometime.

The song takes on themes of intimacy and independence and plays the two off each other in a delectable four minute pop rock song. “Please don’t call me over / Don’t want to mess this over / You outta settle down” is a sweet, yet sadly accurate impression of the modern romance Gen Y experiences.

The track chugs along at a nice pace, the verses are intimate and pretty while the chorus is bolstered by guitars. The layered vocals are catchy as hell, seriously good luck trying to get it out of your head after that first listen. Kudos is due to Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s Jacob Portrait and Miro Mackie who helped mix and engineer the track respectively.

The slacker rock and garage elements are there in the delivery of the track for sure, but the way each instruments sits in the mix allows Someone Sometime to have a generous amount of space, each part given ample opportunity to breathe and spread its wings. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself drawn to parts of the song on each listen, whether it be those cheeky cymbal crashes or subtle synths lurking in the background.

As a first taste of Major League’s sophomore EP Someone Sometime works well as a tantalising appetiser. - HAPPY (AUS)

"How this genre is the gift that keeps on giving is puzzling. We should be bored to tears by now, but 'Endless Drain' is just such an irresistible song that the end doesn't even seem to be in sight. We tried to hate this, but we can't. It's ace."

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It's been a good two or three years now since guitar-pop bands decided that the best route forward was to create fuzzy, hazy indiepop songs that sound like they're made to be listened to on beaches and should incorporate girl-group melodies with the sounds of '80s indie bands. So after groups like Dum Dum Girls and Best Coast made albums which defined the genre, how come it's still so popular and isn't showing any signs of losing its flavour just yet? We could list the other bands we've featured on the site who are making music that's practically identical to this single from Major Leagues, but we'd rather not wear out our computer keyboard. These things aren't cheap.

These Aussies probably have been enjoying making their songs "underneath the sun" and "searching through the sand", and we're enjoying listening to it. I guess it's that time of year that these kind of songs should sound best in, but quite how this genre is the gift that keeps on giving is puzzling. We should be bored to tears by now, but 'Endless Drain' is just such an irresistible song that the end doesn't even seem to be in sight. This will be great news for bands like Diiv, Beach Fossils and the like, and they can continue down their sunkissed paths knowing that their sound still has a way to go before the backlash begins. We tried to hate this, but we can't. It's ace. - The Sound of Confusion (UK)