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NODZZZ - Nodzzz

Review by Dom Gourlay

Just when you thought the new wave of America's underground lo-fi was confined to the downtrodden streets of Brooklyn, think again.»

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nodzzz are sean paul on guitar, anthony atlas on bass, and eric butterworth on drums, with pete hilton as forever auxiliary drummer, now stationed in bulgaria in the service of the peace corps. they're sweet dudes with an even sweeter sound, first honed on a killer single called '(i don't wanna) smoke marijuana' and 'we are the only animals,' released on eric's make a mess imprint. barely three minutes long, each side tore the face off of the last days of 2007, revealing a candy skeleton that had the modern lovers' teeth marks in it. the group's self-titled debut is a grower, with ten new songs in a markedly more pop direction. you can hear the simple american pleasures of baseball, road trips and late summer within, plain as day within this record. more specifically, you can hear three guys examining where punk became something more, between notions of power pop and advanced songwriting on the embarrassment / big dipper / pointed sticks axis, but with the economy of the minutemen or beat happening. they're in and out before you know it, having firmly planted the seeds of catchy melodies between your ears.
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