Rope‘s guitars in the song "I Can’t Pretend to Understand" sound like a combination of Husker Du’s pervasive bright fuzz and Pavement’s out of control (but within reason) crookedness, with the occasional hypnotic intricate solo a la The Feelies. There, that’s 3 of my favorite bands ever in opne sentence… Their music has an urgency and a tension that will please true indie rockers, also because of the vocals, that are reminiscent of a young Tom Verlaine – ok, I know, too many awesome references here, but listen to these guys and tell me it’s not true… The band has been around for quite some time (their Myspace page was created 5 years ago) but for some reason they just caught our ears (some indie bands don’t like to promote themselves, you know? It’s kinda unkewl…) They have a 7" out and will have a full length ready in the fall. Rope is playing a show on July 29 at Union Pool, it promises to be a lot of fun.