What's The Story?
Band of Skulls are a British rock band that really embrace the raw, usually-two-piece garage sound embodied by bands like The White Stripes or The Black Keys. This is from their only studio album, Baby Darling Doll Face Honey.
Who's To Blame?
A show junkie who will no doubt do her best to impart the next generation of young children with legitimate taste in music.
Why ♥ It?
The above-described raw & catchy sound still maintains a huge indie following, but is beginning to become radio-friendly as well, and this track is a good example. The intro chords sound pretty unprocessed, but are charming as a result. The tune uses silence and start-stop playing pretty heavily and effectively.
Even the tambourines just after 2:00 sound uncut. I'm sure it took weeks in the studio to get that to sound just right, but the result will definitely continue to crowd a deservedly popular niche of sorta-punk, sorta-rock.
This track even comes with some bonus cynicism in the lyrics!
