Melted Toys

Melted Toys

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On their self-titled debut album, West Coast quartet Melted Toys sound like a lot of their contemporaries. Their lo-fi, wobbly indie pop approach is one that most of the Captured Tracks roster past and present has utilized; so have many others like Real Estate and a few stragglers on Burger and other labels. Inspired by the jangling guitar interplay of '80s post-punk icons Felt, never raising their voices above a somnambulant whisper, and generally sounding like a stiff wind would blow them over, the Toys give the nearly played-out template a gentle kick by dialing it down one notch closer to dream state. In this eyes-half-shut manner, they craft a blanket fort of fragile voices, carefully plucked, strummed, and pressed guitars and keys, and a whole lot of soothingly weird and pretty songs. Tracks like Bummed Out, Come On, and Joy Fit have a stately...