Simon’s in the Jungle gives Kuroma their second appearance on RRP, following their excellent single Love is on the Way. Where that song was smooth and lithe pop with a hint of ’70s power pop combined with a spoonful of late 50s (think Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away), Simon’s in the Jungle is a slightly different kettle of alt-pop fish, swimming off to the confluence of college rock and a riff that sends me off hunting down the George Duke riff from I Love You More, which Daft Punk sampled in Digital Love. Weirdly, it also reminds me a little of I love The Chosen One, from an episode of The Mighty Boosh…

Kuroma’s debut album, Kuromarama, will be out on April 7th on Votiv Music.