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The Pills
A Fistful Of Pills
Primary Voltage (www.pillsrock.com)
The Pills’ third release is filled with songs that define a genre,
giving me another record to play for people besides Mark Bacino’s
Pop Job when they ask me what I mean when I say I listen to Power
Pop. The first half of A Fistful Of Pills finds the Boston boppers
combining their trademark amphetamine pop muscle with enough of a melody
dose to
keep from knocking the listener out, although the hyper-speed 27 seconds
of “Continental Breakfast” comes close.
The Pills deftly temper Who-style bombast (“Slam Book”, “You
Could Have Kept That To Yourself”) with lilting '60s-inspired
jangle (“Brand New Pair Of Eyes”, “Rock & Roll Heart”),
resulting in a record that is sure to satisfy fans of classic UK mod and
pure American Power Pop equally. Throw in the album closing acoustic campfire
shit- =kicker, “Ballad Of Don Crawford”, and A Fistful Of
Pills is easy to swallow indeed.
- Joe Lutz |