The UK’s stunning guitar-pop summer carries on with another great find, Cardiff-by-way-of-Torquay band Bramwell. Variously described as jangle and psychedelic, the five songs currently available actually defy easy generalizations about their style. Early single “Upside Down” is low key, moody and aching in some undefinable way. Follow up single “Problems” defies its title, definitely brightening the mood amid striking rhythm guitar work. But it was the b-side cover the Yardbird’s 1966 song “I Can’t Make Your Way” that really expanded the sense of what this band could do. Gorgeous harmony vocals accompanied by ripping lead guitar work really makes this track stand out. And that brings us to their most recent double-sided single. B-side “British Rails (Are Long and Fast) is jangle fabulous, a rushing stream of melodious guitar goodness with a lighter-than-air vocal attack. But it is A-side “Standing on Stones” that really takes my breath away. This time the jangly guitars mix with vocals and a melody that falls somewhere between The Cyrkle on their 1967 Neon album and Haircut 100’s “Fantastic Day.” Hard to say just where this band is going but I definitely want to be wherever they arrive.

You can find Bramwell at their Bandcamp, Instagram and Facebook pages, as well as their record company’s Bandcamp site. That’s virtual real estate worth visiting.