I wish I wasn’t so exhausted right now because I’m quite enthusiastic about 1990s and I’m not going to be able to sound like it at all. I honestly do think they’re fantastic, you’ll just have to trust that I really mean that.

I do have this theory that I’m going to try to get out coherently. Ever since Franz Ferdinand burst forth from their arty parties, it’s been a lot more acceptable to be both Pop and Indie at the same time. They rather famously said that they wanted to make music to make girls dance, that there was no reason that Pop had to be a dirty word. They made Pop music for the Indie Kids and everyone, all over the world, ended up loving it. After Britpop (and before Franz Ferdinand), Pop stayed over there, on the other side of the room. But now everything is upside down - Indie bands made of scruffy boys now have a fighting chance to have actual chart-topping hits. And recent releases are reflecting that - The Fratellis, The Blood Arm, The Long Blondes, Hot Club De Paris, and now 1990s are all making a new kind of Indie Pop. I’d like to take a moment and personally thank Franz Ferdinand - there’s a time and place for more serious music, but sometimes girls just wanna have fun.

Anyway, my theory even does this cool full-circle thing, because some members of Franz Ferdinand used to be in The Yummy Fur, the same band that some members of 1990s were in, which takes me right back to the original purpose of this post. Ah, I love it when a plan comes together. They’re fun and I love them. They sound, oddly enough, like something that reminds me of the ’90s, but I can’t seem to put my finger on what exactly. (I told you I’d suck at this part. If you know what their sound is reminding me of, please leave a comment and put me out of my misery.) They also have elements of The Modern Lovers and probably other stuff that I’m too sleepy to think of right now. Go to 1990s myspace page to hear the should-be-an-anthem “You Made Me Like It” (their first single) and more.