Stompalong guitars and a singalong chorus after each verse that socks it with sneer and attitude, this single's got the lot. The hooks are out in the first four bars, and there's no let-up until the guitar break gives way to a screaming crescendo and a stop-dead ending.
Katalina Kicks describe themselves as 'alt-rock' and suggest that their sound melds 'Clash and the Kinks with The Hives, Smashing Pumpkins, QOTSA and Nirvana.' I really can't argue with that: there's a poppy sensibility, but it's delivered with both lyrical and musical eloquence (just check the lines 'I don't want a miracle, I just want an education / before you say anything, get away / I don't want to know it, I just want your medication' to get an idea of what they're about), not to mention pure punk power.
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At once vintage classic and contemporary, it's concise and energetic: everything you could want from a single, really.
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