TOY

London's TOY borrow from shoegaze, Krautrock, and classic psychedelia to make pulsating, hypnotic music. TOY began playing together in 2010; before forming this group, three of the band's members were in Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong. The group's first single, Left Myself Behind, was released in 2011 on Heavenly in a limited edition of 100 copies and sold out in a day; that year, they also supported the Horrors on tour and performed at festivals such as Field Day. The following year, they issued the singles Motoring and Lose My Way before releasing their self-titled debut album that September. 2013's Join the Dots offered a more streamlined version of TOY's hypnotic psych-pop. ~ Heather Phares