Lily (free mp3)

Who’d have thought that four qualified architects from Cork could make a sound to rival the sublime Wild Beasts? It’s a comparison that I’m sure Hush War Cry are long sick of, but it’s certainly easier than requesting one’s readers imagine the musical output of Kate Bush and Conor J. O’Brien’s fictitious baby. Hush War Cry’s ambitious, compelling dream pop is guaranteed to charm; ‘Lily’ in particular, with its sky-scraping vocal and vintage-sounding chorus, is unmissable. And free.