Sing Up For The Boys In Green

With the Republic of Ireland having just crashed ingloriously out of Euro 2012, this might not be the best time for me to be plugging a tribute compilation album to just that team. But we've always been one to support the underdog here - even if the underdog in question has just been packed off with its tail between its legs - so please do show your support for the Indiecater Records compilation Sing Up For The Boys In Green, which is packed with smashing tunes just like this, the title track, by Idaho's The Very Most.

You can download all 11 tracks from the album for a measly 5 EUROS here

Pat's the way I like it

I'd been listening a lot to the Very Most of late, and thinking how fab they were, when I finally remembered to check the TMAP email account (it'd been a while) - and what should I find in the inbox, but an email from Mr Very Most himself, Jeremy Jensen, telling us all about the band's latest five-track EP, Patricia. And, true to form, it's an absolute gem. Here's the promo vid for the title track.



Other songs on the EP include the brief-but-brill Gleaming The Gleam, a sweet Jonathan Richman tribute called, unsurprisingly, Jonathan Richman, and two fantastic female-sung versions of the Pixies' classic Here Comes Your Man. And all this can be yours - yes, yours! - for a mere $1.50 from here (for the mp3 version) or for $5 from here (for the vinyl version). Can't be bad.

Winter's here

Idaho indie popsters The Very Most have been busy releasing season-themed EPs throughout 2009; the A Year With The Very Most cycle is now complete, with the release of The Winter EP. From it, here's their rather jaunty version of Yuletide chestnut Away In A Manger (or Away In A Manager as it was rather endearingly misspelt on the press release).

The Very Most - Away In A Manger mp3 (right click)

Buy the three-track Winter EP for 2 Euros from Indiecater Records.