The Star Department - Antlers

Newly-released track from these Dubliners' forthcoming debut album, The Pea Green Boat, though I swear this song has been kicking around for a couple years. The Star Department take bits and bobs from all the best genres, including indie-folk, twee, shoegaze and jangle-pop, and make a pretty nice concoction out of it all. I don't like this one as much as their previous best-known tune, "Embers" - it gets a bit meandery - but there's still enough in it to ensure them a place on the "ones to watch out for" list.