DYNNE by McLovins: Sweet Sound Don’t Leave Me Now

When I first featured McLovins back in December, they were still riding the buzz from their great cover of YEM. Since then, this power-trio of two high school sophomores and one middle-schooler have been steadily picking up steam.

Among other accomplishments, they had a live show seeded on etree [flac | stream | mp3], appeared on their local news in Connecticut, and were written-up on RollingStone.com’s rock & roll blog “The Smoking Section.”

To top it off, McLovins are booked to play Gathering of the Vibes in July, and I have a feeling that's not the only place on the festival circuit you'll be able to catch them (and their parents) this summer.

The video above is a new original tune, DYNNE. Unlike their other new tune which starts off pretty chill, this one rips from beginning to end. It's a cool blend of Jambay and RHCP and is just further proof of McLovins promise.

BONUS: For anyone who went to Brown between '92 and '95, this song reminds me of Martha Dumptruck a bit. That was a tight college band.

I reached out to Drumlovin' (er, Jake) to see what he had to say about the new tune. He tells me it's pronounced “din,” and the wacky spelling is a reference to the children's adventure novel Phantom Tollbooth — a modern fairy tale upon which McLovins new album will be based.

From what I gather on Wikipedia, the character Awful DYNNE is a genie formed of blue smoke who goes around collecting noises for Dr. Kakofounous A. Dischord, a scientist who enjoys creating horrible sounds like “a blindfolded octopus unwrap[ping] a cellophane-covered bathtub.”

Seriously, a psychedelic concept album from a group a teenagers. Color me impressed.