Making history

Norfolk, Virginia's 1888 have a new EP called Abble Goose Dam. I'd tell you where to get a copy, but dudes are totally not minding their website, so I have no clue. My best guess would be Relative Theory Records. Check out these two tracks:

Unconscious on the Telephone
In a Car

I really like what I've heard by 1888 so far ... lots of fun studio trickery, crackin' guitar solos, thick harmonies, and good, twisty melodies (In a Car's vocal melody sounds like it's being coaxed out by a snake charmer). I hear they put on a good live show too.

These guys should go over well with fans of Broken Social Scene (for the studio experimentation), My Morning Jacket (for the guitar heroics and occasional southern rockisms) and The Shins (for the melodic goodness).