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The Persian Leaps began as a phrase singer/guitarist Drew Forsberg doodled in a notebook margin during a college Greek Archaeology course. Forsberg wrote music independently under that name for years, until finally assembling a full band in 2012 to perform and record “driving, chiming music influenced by My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Guided by Voices and Teenage Fanclub” — now there’s a band after our own, unabashedly nerdy hearts!
In 2013, the Saint Paul, Minneapolis-based group released their debut EP, Praise Elephants, which the NME described as a “celestial guitar jangle”. The band completed a follow-up EP, Drive Drive Delay, in 2014, praised by XS Noize for its “instantly catchy melodic harmonies layered on top of droning guitar.”
The Persian Leaps recently completed their third EP, High & Vibrate, from which this bright and bopping number comes. Land Ski Records will release High & Vibrate this Friday. It’s right up our alley, and we bet you’ll dig it too. Enjoy!
