Orange unsignedAct finalists the Scarlet Harlots have been tipped for greatness in the new year by The Wombats.

The members of The Wombats were impressed when they mentored the Scarlet Harlots for the Channel 4 talent show. Wombats singer, Murf told them:

I thought you were going to be good before you even picked up an instrument.

Now, you all know that I’ve been a big fan of The Wombats over the last year, so this endorsement by the band interested me. I decided to check out the Scarlet Harlots. They’ve got their own profile on the Orange unsignedAct homepage, and of course the ubiquitous MySpace presence, although there’s more music on the MySpace page, including the essential This Is How We Do It.

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The Wombats are firing out singles thick and fast at the moment. Their latest, Backfire At The Disco, continues in a similar vein to Moving To New York. In sharp contrast to their ode to insomnia, Backfire At The Disco is a relentless Indie anthem with healthy dose of floor filling goodness.

Following in the tradition of many breaking acts, Backfire was released a while back, before the band hit the big time. Now that the world has taken notice of The Wombats, they’ve decided to dust off this excellent tune and give their new fans a chance to buy it.

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The Wombats return with the awesome Moving To New York, proving that they didn’t exhaust the supplies of Indie-juice with their last single.

I know I’m late to the party with this one. I always find that I forget to review the singles that I like the most. Like Jay-Z’s Roc Boys. Loved it. Still haven’t written about it.

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Maybe it’s the time of year, but this is such a geeky, studenty concept for a song that it’s pure enjoyment.

As the reviewers over on MusicOMH said, it’s hard to imagine two bands further apart than The Wombats and Joy Division, the later being such a dreary band that they didn’t rate with me at all back in the day.

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