Well, they claim to be named after the street on which they grew up in Santa Monica but I don’t buy it. Princeton’s debut album, ‘Cocoon of Love’ has a very British feel to it. In fact, I can be more specific: It has a very Postcard Records feel to it. Everything about the band shouts ‘the sound of young Scotland’ from their jangling guitars to their literary references (they have already released The Bloomsbury E.P.)

What sets it apart from your average indie-pop album is the subtle application of strings, mariachi horns, southern soul styling and lyrical diversity. Featuring songs about herbal tea, a glow-in-the-dark monument, paperback writers, video arcades, graffiti, and cycling, the album is a baroque gem, from the knock about call and response of the opening ‘Sadie and Andy’ to the mournful closing waltz of ‘The Wild’. Alan Horne would surely approve.

‘Cocoon of Love’ is released on September 29th through Kanine Records.