Late autumn is a time for wearing sweaters, drinking hot drinks, and snuggling up with someone you someone you love (or at least, someone you like more than a friend). What better way to kick off that process than listening to soothing, catchy, indie twee pop?

The 1900’s are just that kind of band. Hailing from Chicago, this once-septet/currently-quintet makes gently sweet and precious pop music that’s drawn comparisons to Fleetwood Mac, Belle and Sebastian, Vampire Weekend, and early Velvet Underground. Over the course of their new sophomore record, Return of the Century, the 1900s seek to combine their love of home-recording intimacy with the pristine chime of studio sheen. Plus, there’s an album-long concept of an imaginary woman taking a journey through a desert. It’s pretty heady stuff.

The group has toured all over the country with the likes of The Vaselines, Iron and Wine, and the New Pornographers. However, this fall they’re hitting the road on their own in support of Return of the Century. Folks in the Cincinnati area can catch them at The Comet in Northside tonight at 11 p.m.

Stop by and get your cozy season started off right. At the very least, you could grab a tasty burrito and listen to some clean, cool tunes.

The 1900s – Amulet from The 1900s / M/\ZES on Vimeo.

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-John Crowell