Yeah I Know seems to invoke the image of some new Sonic Youth-ers, and it's a spot-on way to advertise their fresh, raw sound that'll wake you up like a strong cup o' joe. Also fresh is the format of the cd, which is actually not a jewel case, but a pamphlet, with lots of Wonder Years-inspired retro suburban photos of a bygone era (apparently they are pictures of the band members' parents.) And, thanks to an exciting mix of fuzz-soaked indie lo-fi goodness, their music is as fresh and punchy as the pictures included in their book.
They immediately sound as if they're channeling the rawness of The Strokes and the grit of The Black Lips with a bit of indie-fied Sebadoh, Superchunk and Pavement thrown in for good measure, but for anyone who's been kind of over The Strokes (like me) will want to pick this up for a fresh spin on a now been-there-done-that idea. Yes, they are clearly driven by the best of the garage-rockers. Jogging through the tracks as I usually do when previewing a new album, I dug just about every one, especially since I have a penchant for good quality garage rock outfits (yeah I know...quality garage-rock is perhaps an oxymoron...) Any way you take it, Darlings is an exciting new band fer sure. Out now on Famous Class.
Here's their myspace.
Listen to them this Thursday on The New Spin.
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