Lotta Nerve

The jangle of early records lived on through New York City's in the mid-'80s. has compiled their existing 45s with several unreleased tracks to make up , A blistering 13 songs that evoke a number of trippy psychedelic folk-rock bands that emerged from London and California during the late '60s. Listening to the crisp Rickenbacker 12-string guitars and frail harmonies it is difficult to believe this music isn't actually from 20 years earlier, but 's sense of authenticity belies the fact that their chronological contemporaries were mid-'80s icons like and . is a refreshing follow-up to the debut of ' brash swagger and a logical precursor to ' swirling guitar rock. ~ Zac Johnson