Tugboat Captain’s brilliant new single“No Plans (For This Year)” (Bandcamp) is a sonic step up from their DIY roots but their pure pop sensibilities were already evident on the self-titled EP from 2016.
Although “No Plans (For This Year)” was written well before the virus shut down most of the world it feels like a theme song for where we are right now. But the song is far from morose. Its bouncy pop vibe could be mistaken for a missing track from McCartney’s RAM album. In addition, the piano-as-rhythm-instrument is a call-back to “Penny Lane” and the ending, with a piano coda that builds to a string-laden finish, is right out of the Abbey Road playbook (the single, as well as the band's upcoming album, was actually recorded at Abbey Road during spare studio hours over the last twelve months).
“No Plans (For This Year)” is in fact a taster for this London based indie-pop four-piece’s forthcoming debut album Rut. The album will be out in October and you can pre-order the vinyl from Double A-Side Records. If the song is any indication Rut could be well on its way to ending up on a lot of year-end lists.
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