Figure 45

Add Date: July 19 

Artist: Figure 45 

Album: Summer Shift (EP)

Label: Self-released 

Genre: Pop, jazz 

Comments: Figure 45's first EP is a collection of five unique songs that try to capture the essence of summer, and it's a fine goal. With their "jazzy, funky, pop-techno-world fusion sound", the band does its job admirably. Each song is more unique than the last, with "What's Gonna Move Us Forward?" soothing the listener with some easy vocal harmonies and "Hard to Keep Track" being driven by some quick ukulele fingers. All in all, it's a good little album, and no doubt a good entry point for the newcomers.

Try tracks 1, 2 and 3 during those summer days.