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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The Darts

Boomerang

(Alternative Tentacles)



Boomerang quickly followed 2023's Snake Oil. "I can't stop writing songs!," declared singer/Farfisa-spellbinder Nicole Laurenne. Part the hanging bead-strands and bear witness to so-far-out-it's-back-in stomping, as consciousness-bending as it is hip-shakingly seductive. But lest readers misapprehend, know too that not all is incense-and-peppermints; these chord-slingers survived Punk academy, and know well how to throw fists. In symbiosis with voicings sometimes of tower block-magnitude and elsewhere purringly whispered, fuzzy riffs coil and lash, ricocheting off day-glo wallpaper.

"This album is my manifesto about finding strength," said Nicole. "I'm in a better place than I've ever been, and I think you can feel that power in this record."

Recommended: "Hang Around," "Are You Down," "Pour Another," "Slither," "Photograph," "Hell Yeah," "Dreaming Crazy," "You Disappoint Me"

Videos: "Pour Another"    "Dreaming Crazy"


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