Gingerlys have quickly become one of my favorite new bands this year and they haven’t even released a full-length album yet. There’s just something so alluring and magical about their sound that you can’t help but fall in love from the first few notes your hear. The Brooklyn five-piece blends a shoegaze aesthetic with indie pop songwriting and the jangly guitars of the Go-Betweens or The Smiths. Following their first few flawless singles, the new Summer Cramps EP finds Gingerlys even stronger than before. The wash of reverb-drenched guitars and synths mix with Maria Garnica’s dreamy vocals and accentuate her saccharine melodies. But as intoxicating as the sonic quality is, what has always made Gingerlys stand out for me is their songwriting.

Always on point, the three songs that make up the Summer Cramps EP are melodically interesting, harmonically exciting, and structurally compelling. These are songs that would be just as powerful no matter how you played them (Hey, Gingerlys, let’s get an acoustic album going, ok? Or maybe string quartet and vocal versions of these songs? Bluegrass? Anything, really). Garnica’s simple  but evokative lyrics often get buried in the texture, putting the focus on the melodies, which float along just like any of the other instruments. The only real downside to the Summer Cramps EP is that it only last about eight minutes. With such an enveloping and intoxicating sound, you’d wish it would never end. But I guess we’ll just have to wait for a full-length!

You can stream the EP below, but be sure to buy it via bandcamp if you like it! (You will)

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