Saturday, April 12, 2014

1-800-BAND - Diver Blue ep (2014, Almost Ready) - a brief overview

Even those hipster holdouts regarding themselves as too cool for traditional power pop would have to be bananas for resting this Brooklyn quartet.  In fact, how could anyone resist the 1-800-BAND's crisp re-synthesis of the Cars, Cheap Trick and Pointed Sticks, couched in a streamlined, 21st century delivery mechanism?  Not me anywayLots of whirring keyboards all over this one, but the center stage on Diver Blue is occupied by a damn near-addictive stash of hooks.  The title track all but sells itself, and can be experienced on the 1-800's Soundcloud page.  Diver Blue can be had on wax direct from Almost Ready and in ones and zeroes via iTunes, Emusic and Amazon.

2 comments:

Brushback said...

cool

Matt said...

They have a great sound. The guitar in the first few seconds of the song , Diver Blue, reminds me of Stiff Little Fingers. It's also a great, little pop song. I'll be looking forward to an LP from them that builds from the spirit and style of that song because the rest aren't that great.