Good band alert - Young Legionnaire

So I've been listening to the great and greatly missed I Was A Cub Scout a bit recently, and wondered what had become of them. Then I remembered that the drummer had, apart from playing drums for La Roux, played a gig with Friendship at the Old Blue Last a couple of months back, with his new band. I also remembered that new band being very good that night (definitely better than Friendship), despite it being their first or second show or something, and that they didn't even have a Myspace at a time. So today, I had a browse and a click and, sha-zam, not only do they have a Myspace, they've also got a 7" coming out next month. Back of the net.

The A-side, "Colossus", is a lovely, grungey bit of alternative rock that's emo in a manly, Rival Schools kinda way. The guitars are meaty and you can sort of guess it's the 100% sick William Bowerman (who's also in the awesome instrumental math-rock-with-testicles band Brontide) on drums - not because it's showy, double-bass-y drumming, but because it's interesting, misleading and off-message in all the right places.

But for me it's the B-side, "Iron Dream", that makes this release. It starts with a great tricky riff, and is more straightforward and driving than "Colossus". The vocals kind of remind me of The Thermals, and the whole thing has the tone and feel of the recent batch of more-than-solid bands who listen to stuff like Mclusky and Superchunk rather than Black Tambourine. I never really got Yourcodenameis:Milo, but considering it was this lot's singer and bassist's old project, I might have to check them out again. But only after I've played these two songs to death.