There's something in
Marmoset's sound that's reminiscent of indie-rock in the early 1980s -- touches of the occasionally dark,
Velvet Underground-influenced jangle of
the Feelies,
Mission of Burma, the less cutesy work of the Television Personalities, even the later work of
Wire. On the other hand, there's also the jerkiness of a band like
Slant 6, a bit of new wave, and a slight resemblance to early Unrest -- to
Marmoset's credit, none of these references can really capture the unique but still familiar sound they've crafted.
Today It's You offers a slew of rather brief songs in this vein, and while some are not entirely engaging, others are constructed in such interesting, off-kilter ways that they wind up being quite good ("Shatter the Lovely," "Speakers," "Laugh Giraffe"). ~ Nitsuh Abebe