“I wrote a song for you but this isn’t it – the one I wrote for you was shit.” We’ve known for a while that British twee-pop trio The Happy Somethings write great, quirky lyrics, and the opening line of their new track Bed Friend underlines that. It’s one of three tunes on their Love Songs EP, which follows up last summer’s Caught in the Web EP, which we didn’t include for some reason, even though it’s worth listening to (Smitten in particular should be a big indie hit).

Anyway, as always, their most recent music has something naive about it, which only adds to its charm, and yet it’s so appealing and smart that it’s another triumph. I can’t get enough of these kinds of poetic insights: “A song needs to have a hook, like a story like a book // It needs a beginning, a middle and an end // Unless we split and bring an end to it.”

The Love Songs EP is out now digitally, for free (self-released). Add to wantlist: Bandcamp

PS  Subjangle will release Caught in the Web on Compact Disc soon.

PS PS  The Love Songs EP has been expanded from three to six tracks and is also available to pre-order as a CD from Subjangle.