The battery on my Macbook Pro was near it’s last gasps and it finally gave up the ghost – while working on a post. But the great folks at Tekserve were able to replace the battery within 15 minutes. And now we’re back with a minor delay but back all the same … 

Although both Sarah Aument and William Shore have known each other for some time, they have have been making music both as solo projects under a variety of monikers and in a number of bands; however, last year, the duo finally joined together to collaborate as Tomboy. As you’ll hear on “Roll Out,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming self-titled EP, the duo specialize in an electro pop sound that’s sensual and coquettish but with synths that glisten. In some way their sound has a similar slickness to their fellow labelmates at Captured Tracks, Soft Metals’s impressive 2013 release Lenses.