Okay, I Realize That Average is the New Great In Most Contemporary Pop Music, But This One Really IS Great!!!

In a word -- wow!!!

As you may have gleaned by now, that's Pete Fij(alkowski) and his self-described jangly/soaring new single "Don't Bring Me Sunshine" (from the forthcoming in September album Up's the New Down. Heh.)

Frankly, he had me by "I need someone like you to show me the way/through the backstreets of the human heart." And when that twangy echoed single note-guitar solo came in at the end, I was a goner.

From his bio: "Pete first burst onto the scene in the early 90s as the frontman and guitarist of post-shoegaze / pre-Britpop band Adorable, whose 1993 album Against Perfection, released on Creation Records, is regularly referred to as a lost indie classic..."

I must confess to being heretofore unaware of the Fij-ster, but I was less than thrilled with a lot of those '90s Brit bands, so it's no surprise I missed his previous work. But after hearing the above, I guarantee I'm gonna do the research and catch up with his ouevre in the subsequent years.

In any case, you can check out more of his stuff -- and keep abreast of future live gigs if you're lucky enough to live in the UK in the age of President Inepstein -- over at his Bandcamp page HERE.

Jeebus, what a great record. 😎