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Los Aarones |
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Aarones, despite having a Spanish name and being on a Canadian label,
are a hook-heavy Norwegian surf-garage-punk power trio. Only two of ‘em
are actual ‘Aarones’, tho. Their main vox/guit/organ man, Audun
Audio Aaron, has one of the coolest garbled English accents I’ve heard
since whatever Eye-talian band just blew through town, and he utilizes it
to full effect here, spitting out bluntly literal lyrics like “Chewing on
my bubblegum/gonna hang out in the sun” with no trace of snark whatsoever.
Boss. Musically, well, they got a song called “Teenage Ramone”,
which kinda gives the game away. Very reminiscent of Sloppy Seconds
and Screeching Weasel and other Gabba-gabba goons, but with a nice
twist of Scandinavian weirdness. My favorite track on this 6 song EP has
gotta be “Fine in ‘89”, a deceptively sunny little pop-punker about
meeting up with an old crush a dozen years later and wondering where the
fuck her hotness went. Believe me, bro, it’s gonna happen to you someday,
too. I coulda done with another few songs, seeing as these only seem to
last a minute or so, but what the hell. A fun record, and you can blow
through it between commercials. Now, that’s convenience! ______________________________________________________ |
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-Sleazegrinder |