Back from Texas, and rather than doing a full-blown retrospective we'll keep to the last Amie Street band we saw: Tiny Animals. They are fun and friendly and make solid pop rock. Yep... sometimes it's that simple!

Tiny Animals are bro/sis Chris & Rita Howerton, joined by Phil on bass. Chris also heads up North Street Records, which in addition to his band is home to Dirty on Purpose, TAB the Band, and Sam Champion.

They are sort of like really good memories of high school, when you watched movies like Varsity Blues and got a little bit emotional at the end. Or like the song "Starlight" by Muse. Or like this.

Also they coin great words.

And they are attractive:

And hang out with John Norris:

So bug them until they finish mixing the album, cause right now they only have one song on the site.

And if you're in the NYC area, check them out April 5 at the Annex!