The Vliets...God's Drug (EP)

     Every once in a while I find a new band in a really random way. This time it was on Soundcloud checking out a new single, "Competition" for The Dodo's recently announced upcoming (Jan. 27, 2015) album, Individ. After listening to that, I clicked "recommendations" and found a list of random tracks by Polyvinyl, Subpop Records, et al., I was intruiged by a band name Dubious Rothchild and checked  out two of their songs, "Pale Solar Stream" and "God's Drug". Both remind me of  Radiohead Amnesiac era or Thom Yorke vibe. They are from their second EP, God's Drug (EP, September 2012.
     Come to find out, Dubious Rothchild is actually The Vliets. Assuming it was their former band name I don't know where Dubious Rothchild comes from, but The Vliets is a nod to advant-garde singer-songwriter artist, Don Van Vliet (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart). The Vliets is a trio made up of Ty Bohrnstedt, Daniel Gonzalez and Max Anderson. The former two were previously nationally ranked junior tennis players. The Vliets consider their sound to be art synth-pop mixed with 1960's psychedelic rock. There is also some minimalist electronic experimentation going on in there too. They have a previous EP called The Vliets (EP) that came out in July of 2011.
     Check out their SoundCloud page here. Bandcamp website is also a good place to stream both EP's for free, here. I've linked the song "Pale Solar Stream" over under the 'Monthly Sample Tracks'. Enjoy!