After half a dozen albums you’d expect these Swedish veterans to be good at this thing called Garage Pop and they don’t let anybody down on this meaty four-song EP. It’s catchy, rough-edged pop with twin-guitars.The title track rattles and shakes with nagging guitars and a bouncy bass-line that befits the boy-girl-love lyrics. This one’s boxing in a lighter weight division but that’s not dismissing it as less substantial. It’s just fun.
“Cheap Thrills” on the flip charts a path through Yardbirds blueswailin’ territory, propelled by a walking bass-line and punctuated by sharp blues harp. “My Baby’s Gone” is the final song and (again) bristles with minor key pop smarts. There are no deep lyrical insights here, just teen heartbreak and a prominent organ line. DMZ mould be proud.
It’s a limited edition of 300 so get cracking.
