There exists in music a special category of songs that are remarkable even if you’ve never heard a single note: Tunes titled after the very same artist or band who recorded them. Such eponymous songs include Talk Talk’s “Talk Talk” and Living In A Box’s “Living In A Box,” for instance. There are also those that fall just outside inclusion by adding a word or two, like Big Country’s “In A Big Country,” Queen’s “Killer Queen,” and Stray Cats’ “Stray Cat Strut.”

Lest you think such inward-looking overlap is a thing of the past, more recently Crystal Stilts and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart have released self-titled songs. Add to the pile Sky Between Leaves, the London-based alt-rock/nu-gaze trio that takes their name from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker’s story of the first time he wore glasses, realizing that the holes in the trees were actually the “sky between the leaves.”

According to Sky Between Leaves’ bio, Cocker’s “visual perception translates to the band’s sound which takes us through feverish dreams and stroboscopic haze only to wake us to a deafening glittery reality.” I don’t know about all that, but “Sky Between Leaves” serves as a pretty fantastic introduction to Tito Cordeiro (guitar/sampler/vocals), Brenno Balbino (bass/synth/sampler), and Julie Favero (drums/percussion).

Nicking the oft-sampled drum break from The Soul Searchers’ “Ashley’s Roachclip” — hello P.M. Dawn, Duran Duran, et al. — Sky Between Leaves’ self-titled song reminds me of Honey’s Dead-era Jesus And Mary Chain.

Free download of Sky Between Leaves – “Sky Between Leaves” via SoundCloud. The band is also selling a limited-edition ‘vinyl’ CD edition of the single via Bandcamp that’s worth a look.