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The Danks: "Die Young"

Posted by: Adam Morrison | Feb 8 2010 12:00AM

This is the Indie Track of the Day Giveaway. It's just like it sounds—every day we spotlight a song from an indie band/artist and we let you keep the track to do with whatever you like (within the limits of the law).

The song is part of our podcast, so if you want it (you do), search on iTunes for the ExploreMusic.com podcast, or just scroll down to the bottom of this page and click the links.

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island's The Danks play indie rock/power pop that has been compared to the music of The Strokes and Two Hours Traffic—two of the four Danks are also members of THT.

The band released EPs in 2006 and 2008 before they came out with their debut full length, Are You Afraid of the Danks?, in June 2009. "Recorded under sweltering circumstances in a Haligonian mini-mall," the album includes "twelve no-nonsense pop blasts that barely clock in at thirty minutes."

Listen to "Die Young," and click here to check out The Danks' MySpace page.



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