From Belfast, Girls Names could perhaps be considered as the UK’s spirited answer to all those  surf-rock, lo-fi garage obsessed bands from the US that are proving so popular at the moment.

But let’s not kid ourselves – that is some stiff competition to live up to and thankfully with their four track self titled EP from Captured Tracks they’ve more than risen to the challenge. They make short, but incredibly catchy lo-fi indie-pop songs that feature buzzsaw guitars, messy drums and which overflow with self-confidence.

Reference points are many from the Mighty Lemon Drops to The Fall to the best of the shoegaze bands, all joyously rammed into one big cooking pot and swirled around to within an inch of its life.

Could be the best thing out of that city since Stiff Little Fingers.

Buy the EP here.

Visit their MySpace here.

Download Girls Names – Graveyard mp3 (from Girls Names EP)