
Chicago-via-Grand Rapids indie rockers Pretoria have shared ‘Selfish’, a song that features on their new EP ‘If We’re Pretending’ (out on Friday 13 June).
Opening with a recollection of smoking on the sidewalk after playing a show and being paid a pittance (‘makes me want to get a job ’cause I hate being poor’), while the subject of their affections hangs out with a jock – ‘he could never love you quite the way I love you’ – the song is brisk and breezy, mixing the melodic moments of The Lemon Twigs, the emo tendencies of Oso Oso and the huge hooks and self-awarenessof Guided by Voices.