Let’s not give up hope that there’s gonna be a real summer this year in Europe, and when it has arrived here finally, be sure to have Summer Camp‘s magnificent songs in your iPod. There had been a significant amount of confusion and perplexity about the band’s provenance for quite a while, but by now it appears we are on the safe side by informing you that Summer Camp’s wonderful 50s to 60s-infused sunshine pop tunes that we’ve been blessed with so far have come into being in our eternally adored and ever vibrant capital of pop that is the city of London, England. In fact, they were first imagined and then recorded by the two supposedly über-rad (or completely nerdy, the above picture allows both conclusions) Londoners named Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey, and the few songs they’ve made available until today suggest some kind of conjunction of Washed Out, Kisses, Cults, a little Twin Sister and Memoryhouse, The Drums‘ jangling surf pop, and the whole twee/C86 revival, which results in being more or less the quintessence of what makes this year musically exciting. And that’s not supposed to be an overstatement.

The impeccable folks of Moshi Moshi put out Summer Camp’s debut 7 inch Ghost Train/Montgomery Avenue 1984 in early April, and it was sold out prior to the release date. Right now, there appears to be no information about any further releases anytime soon, though that’s actually quite unlikely given the present buzz the duo is generating.

For those of you who need a genre tag, their Last.fm page suggests “tearoom pop”, which sounds both nice and extremely British, but not entirely adequate if you ask me. Sure, you might start dreaming while listening to the music, but there’s actual risk that you end up spilling tea all over the place. Be that as it may, Summer Camp should be part of your soundtrack this summer.