Late of the Pier

You know how "hot" American bands like Vampire Weekend or MGMT can get on SNL as musical guests, which should equate to fame, but you tell some non music-nerd civilian something about a band like that and they look at you funny and then say they went and saw Sugarland open for Tom Petty or something? That level of band?

Well, it turns out that the UK is full of them! AND they keep making more. Klaxons, Metronomy, etc...
Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs were years ago, grandad!

Not sure why I like Late of the Pier so much, but I really like their single "The Bears are Coming," though they sound on this like some kids who found a synthesizer and a copy of Here Come the Warm Jets that their older brother left behind when he went to Brighton to make dubstep white labels...AND they are probably 14, so that's bothersome. Still, this track veers from one thing to the next to the next and then slathers squelchy Tom Tom Club keyboards over the entirety, yet never forgets to almost rock! Check at will!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0unB04j_lw

Plus you can go around all weekend and feel confident knowing you will meet no one who has heard of these guys.