The inevitable has happened and the shores of Britain have produced their first 'chillwave' band, the appropriately-named Summer Camp. Their songs channel the same sense of nostalgia as American counterparts such as Washed Out and Toro Y Moi, bands they admit to admiring, telling tales of first love and sounding as if recorded onto battered cassettes, rendering them tender and raw. The band had, almost by accident they claim, retained their anonymity, but have since revealed themselves as Jeremy Warmsley (of Jeremy Warmsley fame) and Elizabeth Sankey (of Platform magazine fame). Whilst still an unknown quantity, there had been speculation that the duo were in fact Swedish, and it's not hard to see how such confusion arose. Summer Camp's music bears many similarities to the tropical summer jams that bands such as jj and Air France excel at, although the duo also cite other influences as diverse as Motown and The Cocteau Twins.
Summer Camp are surely the band to soundtrack the fast-approaching summer, which will obviously be the hottest EVER, their wistful nostalgia perfect for those lazy, hazy summer days, even if they won't be spent at a real summer camp. Alas, if only I were an American kid...(my uncle works here- the lucky, responsibility-shy bastard)
The video for their single Ghost Train (out on Moshi Moshi) evokes perfectly their sound, with it's depiction of teenage frolics on an '80s beach.
The band are currently on tour with fellow Moshi Moshers Slow Club.
You can download Ghost Train, and check out their Myspace for other tracks.
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