VIDEO: Pretty & Nice "Massive U" Promo

...we're endlessly amazed at the work ethic of Boston's Pretty & Nice. Seemingly always on tour this past year in support of their stellar Get Young disc [out on Hardly Art], the band recently took up a challenge from Boston's Phoenix paper to write and record a new song for the return of college students to Boston. Simple enough, right? Well, there were some expectations:

For our “Welcome Back” issue, please record one (1) song that:

1. contains the phrase “welcome back”
2. includes, somewhere/somehow, a reference to the guitar accents at the beginning of the Welcome Back Kotter theme—but nothing else Kotter-related
3. insults the Green Line at some point
4. includes the names of 10 local colleges (used however you wish: “Tufts” can refer to clumps of hair, “Emerson” can refer to Ralph Waldo, “B.U.” can be the first syllables of the word "be-yoo-tiful,” etc.)
5. is rad

...so, no small feat, right. Of course, the boys were up to the challenge...



...and here's the finished product....

MP3: Pretty & Nice "Massive U"

...don't forget that Pretty & Nice will be in Dayton next weekend, Sunday, September 13, for The Buddha Den 2nd Anniversary Party. You DO NOT want to miss them...

Pretty & Nice Sign to Hardly Art

...after a trio of stops in Dayton last year, Boston's Pretty & Nice won us over with their frenetic, angular indie rock. For anyone who was fortunate enough to catch them, the energy and craft of the band was apparent. Well, others have also found it apparent as the Hardly Art label has signed the band and will put out their forthcoming disc. The ubiquitous Pitchfork also took notice and threw in their two cents. Consider this your notice, kids: Pretty & Nice will be making a tour stop in Dayton on March 20 with tourmates Exit Clov on their way back from South By Southwest. You won't want to miss this one...