While Veronica Falls are pretty busy these days touring the world and playing the veritable heck fire out of their self titled debut, Veronica Falls, and it’s 2012 follow up release, Waiting for Something to Happen, they’ve managed to find the time to record a new single in and amongst the globe rolling melee. Called Nobody There it’s an 80s alt-pop track with shades of Primitives and Bananarama, making it pretty catchy and infinitely loveable.
It’s got good pace with the kind of driving guitar chord progression that has been at the heart of what makes Veronica Falls so listenable, intertwined with a matching riff overplayed over the top of it. This is build out by rolling and crashing drums that have been subtly mixed to perfection with the electric guitar to create the high-action feel to the single.
The vocals have got a bit of a Kim Wild quality as well as the similar tones to Tracy Tracy and Keren Woodward, making it a bit of a classic indie-pop girl track. The lyrics are a bit ambiguous, so you can probably interpret them in any number of ways and still not get close the real story, but they talk of a look back on youth and a feeling of not being heard no matter how hard you shout. It’s the kind of bitter sweet track that have been a big part of both Veronica Falls and Waiting for Something to Happen.
Nobody There will be released on the 9th December 2013 as a double A side single alongside yet another new track, Need You Around, which is a slower beast with just as much 80s indie pop chic as Nobody There. They’ll be available for release as a limited edition 7” single in screenprinted sleeve and digital download. The limited edition vinyl only has a run of 300 copies, so if you want to get a hold of one you’ll need to move fast to pre-order a copy from the Veronica Falls store website.
There’s no official announcement as of yet, but our prediction is that the double A side single release signifies the coming of a third album some time next year featuring the tracks. While you do sometimes see out-of-album single releases, they’re far from the norm, so we’ll be surprised if they don’t put out an announcement following the last few gigs of their worldwide tour in Oz, China and Japan.
Veronica Falls, Nobody There review: 3.7/5
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