The new LP, Transit Transit by the highly creative Los Angeles band Autolux is released today, a mere 6 years after their superb debut LP Future Perfect. Like most bands these days, Autolux wear their influences clearly on their sleeves but they do so in such tasteful and pleasant ways, you won’t mind a bit. Here’s a clip of the band playing a tune from the new album :
 

 
And a couple more atmospheric tracks from the album. I love that “No more passing out in banks” line:
 

 
Special bonus for kids: I once played with Autolux’s Greg Edwards in a one-off project called Lusk which released an album in 1997. Here’s a song I wrote and sang for the project: