Secret Moves

Secret Moves // "Weird Science" [mp3]

When I stumbled upon the Myspace page of The Boy Majors a few weeks ago, my initial impressions were "solid songs, bad name." Maybe they heard my mental complaint, or maybe it was just time for a change, as they're now known as Secret Moves. Comments on nomenclature aside, this Manchester group seems to fit in quite well with the city's legacy of producing great bands. The four tunes on their first EP are rough, but in all of the good ways. These are tunes that could rile an entire festival crowd, but for now they're inciting passion in packed clubs of a few hundred. And who's to say one is better than the other?