Okay, if you’re a fan of Three Colours Red, The Wildhearts, The Yo Yo’s, Green Day or Terrorvision then this a heaven made release for your musical palate. Born from Danny McCormack’s The Main Grains and The Idol Dead, The Spangles are (much like the sweets where they derided their name from) a band that get stuck in your teeth. This is Rock ‘n’ Punk with a sugar twist. Opening cut ‘Growing Up’ flies past on a tsunami of Britrock riding a New Wave surfboard.
If The Ramones were British then ‘The Only One’ would have been theirs while ‘One Good Reason’ is a short slap of converse wearing Punk. An out of focus ‘Dirty Pictures’ misses its flash before ‘Back On The Meds’ is a glorious retro-licked Rock ‘n’ Roll racket. The Foo’s sounding ‘I Don’t Wanna Go’ is followed by the transvision kicking ‘Get Over Yourself’. ‘Hold My Hand’ has that Weezer/Happy Days vibe before ‘Alone’ continues the catchy chorus overload. ‘Here We Go Again’ rides the relationship merry-go-round as the giddy final cut of ‘Ramone’ does what it says on the tin. The Spangles have the full set, tunes, tempo and a fizzy Rock ‘N’ Roll pedigree, get chewing.
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THE SPANGLES
SWEET FA
Pledgemusic
8.5/10
“Suck a Spangle, get happy”