Reading Rainbow

Sweet new summer jam from Philly's Reading Rainbow (best myspace URL, by the way), taken from the duo's awesome forthcoming full-length, Mystical Participation. Songs about the Sun are super relevant right now, and this makes a solid companion to that Best Coast song we won't shut up about, especially if you like a little unbridled youthful enthusiasm in your noisy lo-fi dream-pop jams: - Gorilla Vs. Bear

I don't think anyone can get past the name without thinking of the great literary TV series of the same name, and I'm pretty sure this duo from Philadelphia aren't trying to convince you otherwise: their MySpace URL is "levarmotherfuckingburton" after all. But that is where the relationship ends, for Reading Rainbow don't follow through with any lessons in spelling. Instead Rob Garcia and Sarah Everton apply their enthusiasm and ability for picking up instruments and just pounding away at them. (I'm sure reading is also part of their skill set.) Influenced by the likes of the Urinals, Velvet Underground, Half Japanese, Sun Ra and the Magic Twig Community, Reading Rainbow formed as a duo when the drummer of another no wave band they were in couldn't play a show, giving Everton the opportunity to pick up the drums. Thank god for the no show, because Reading Rainbow further that lo-fi/girl group inspired garage that has made blogosphere darlings out of Vivian Girls and Dum Dum Girls. But where those two acts keep their emotions in check with monotone harmonies, this duo raise their spirits up to a level that recalls the unbridled emotion of Love Is All, most notably on "Feral Kids."
- Exclaim Canada