the excessories

Sympathy has done it again: another great female-fronted power poppy/punky/rock band. And this one has a pedigree that includes Rich Coffee (Gizmos, Thee Fourgiven, The Unclaimed, etc) and Janet Housden (Red Cross)... The CD reminds me of a lot of bands that I dig, like The Fastbacks, The Muffs, The Decals, and Nikki and the Corvettes (though Melanie's got a better voice than the some of those other bands -- not as screamy). And how can you not like the album title, a nod to Nick Lowe's "Pure Pop for Now People"?? My favorite tracks are "Summer," "Teenage Daydream" and "The Earthquake Song" (an obscure cover, originally done by the Little Girls). There's also a great "answer song" to the Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl" called, of course, "Punk Rock Boy." It would also play nicely back-to-back with the Queers' "Punk Rock Girls."Layout made by (*E|ly*$