[Indie] The Rentals – Thought Of Sound

If there’s a better way to commence the week’s greatest day as a pseudo music journalist than opening your cluttered e-mail to find a gem from perhaps one of your most influential indie acts of the past decade; well then I don’t want to know about it. Ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp and The Rentals have again resurfaced from their on-again, off-again hiatus dating all the way back to 1999 (save for a few sporadic EP’s) and this time they’ve arrived with a more ambitious lineup and a complete full length on the horizon. This morning, The Rentals dropped the lead single from their impending album, Lost In Alphaville: “Thought of Sound”, and from a former/current Matt Sharp fanboy the four minute track ignited a once lost, fiery passion for indie-rock and its savvy counterparts. Thankfully, they didn’t come back limping at all, behind a line up that includes Jessica Wolfe and Holly Laessig (Lucius – vocals), Ryen Slegr (Ozma – guitars), Lauren Chipman (The Section Quartet – strings) and Patrick Carney (The Black Keys – drums), “Thought of Sound” is carried out in that same, pleasure driven rock-pop state of mind and wields a welcome dose of reverby vocals. You can pre-order the the entire LP from the almight indie imprint Polyvinyl Records here, which is due out on 8/26; and make sure you’re on the lookout for more singles to leak out of their camp here at TMN in the not too distant future.