I must admit, I quite like Shiny Toy Guns. Rainy Monday was the first track by them that a friend thrust upon me and told me I should love…and I didn’t have to try very hard.

Elements of Euro-pop crossed with synthy soundscapes come together to create songs that seem to incorporate so many genres, but still burst from a rock soul, to become what my aforementioned friend calls ‘emotronica’. Whatever you want to call it, Rainy Monday is a ridiculously upbeat song for its almost melancholic subject. Bursting open with a placid guitar riff, then roaring into a near orchestra of rock, by the time you hit the chorus it roars from every angle and begs to be played at full volume.

Despite their emo leanings (dirty dirty), I like Shiny Toy Guns. Their album We Are Pilots oozes some awesome tracks, which I do have a habit of listening to quite a lot.

Label: Mercury
Website: www.shinytoyguns.com
Release date: 20th August 2007

Tracklist:

1. Rainy Monday
2. Starts With One (Young Americans remix)
3. Rainy Monday (Bimbo Jones remix)