Fitz and the Tantrums - “Don’t Work It Out” (from Songs for a Break Up-Vol. 1)
I was all set to post a different song today when I heard Fitz and the Tantrums on the radio and was instantly entranced. (Thanks to KEXP for once again being the source of great new music.) Very much in the same vein of Mayer Hawthorne that Miss Maggie posted earlier in the week, they are a Los Angeles based band fronted by a man named Fitz, and they specialize in retro soul and Motown pop.
I never got on the Amy Whinehouse/Adele/Duffy train, so I wonder why this retro male pop is much more appealing to me? Maybe I just like slick men in spiffy suits. Fitz songs sound shiny and big, but they’re tempered with plenty of heartache, and I highly suggest you check them out.
