New Music - Nightmare Boyzzz 'Nuclear Summer' (Happenin Records, 2011)

Slightly ramshackle but fizzing with noise and melody. 

Stumbled across this via Facebook and took a listen. To be honest, the band don't look promising and the name is terrible but 'Nuclear Summer' is an unexpected delight.

The song opens with sweet falsetto vocals a la Glasvegas and storms into rough-and-ready punky indie rock with a Power Pop edge. There are echoes of Big Star sweetness in the melody department, waves of trashy indie rock guitar a la The Strokes or The Libertines. All wrapped up in a breathless headrush of momentum.

There's a lot of energy in its three minutes duration but it hangs together - just - and is a real earworm. Can't wait for my 7" copy to arrive.

Enjoy.

Availabe as a 7" from Happenin Records or a download via their Bandcamp page.