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Local Springfield MO indie stars, Someone Still Loves you Boris Yeltsin had a good review recently at CMJ. Of course all their reviews seem to be positive lately. If you don’t have this record you should buy it now. Also check out the t-shirts KT of Blacksuits Creative designed for them at Polyvinyl records.

via cmj.com
"SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN: Broom
Imitation, if executed
with equal parts reverence
and an aspiration
to dilate pre-existing
influences, is an art
form in itself. So if, while listening to
Broom, you’re imbued with the unshakable
feeling that you’ve heard this all before, it’s
because you just may have. Someone Still
Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s debut LP, originally
released last year before the band signed
to Polyvinyl, is everything an indie-pop
record should be. Much like current “it”
band Tapes ’N Tapes, whose sound is an
amalgamation of the best and brightest of
’90s indie rock&emdash;SSLYBY has no apparent
qualms cribbing ideas from the playbooks’
heavy-hitting forefathers like Beulah,
Weezer and, most recently, the Unicorns,
whose lo-fi pop aesthetic pervades this
record. So what is it that separates SSLYBY
from the dizzying onslaught of like-minded
artists? It’s hard to say for certain, but
the answer likely lies somewhere in standout
track “Anne Elephant,” which epitomizes
their near-perfect formula."
   
-  Kevin Kampwirth