Wild Honey Records / Dirt Cult Records, 03 May 2023
Montreal’s Taxi Girls have a debut EP on the way. Coming Up Roses is set to arrive via Wild Honey Records (vinyl) and Dirt Cult Records (cassette) on 07 Jul with digital pre-orders available over at Bandcamp (see link below). The three-piece plays high-energy punk rock that blends some Ramones and some Muffs (sans the guttural howls and screams).
The lead single from the album, a number called “Sunshine”, hits all the right buttons. It’s got buzzing guitars, a super-melodic bass line, and simple-perfect double-tap drums and crashes all set to a relentless pace with no wasted moment. The lead vocals are hooky as all-get-out and leave me wanting to sing along pretty much from the jump and when the backing vocals join in the fun ratchets up. Even the distorto-bridge works in its brevity. There’s nothing “revolutionary” or “new” here, but it’s a drop dead awesome song. Full recommendation.
- Song Comes From: Coming Up Roses
- Album Release Date: 07 Jul 2023
- Purchase/Pre-Order/Pre-Save: Bandcamp (digital)
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