Power Pop Punksters The Dollyrots return with their Uber catchy album ‘Daydream Explosion’. It kicks, kisses and thrashes up and down the college corridors of grey genre lockers adding a splash of colour with each impact. Opener ‘Animal’ has that hairbrush in front of the mirror pre-Saturday night abandon while the chorus envelopes old school Glam-Rock as well as The Ramones. The theme continues on the tight stepping, head-shaking ‘Everything’ a song so simple that it needs to be celebrated for everything it is, was and will be, a sing-a-long, fist-pumping, head-banging saccharine classic. The sweetness on ‘Daydream Explosion’ is Pringles more-ish and the MTV Rocks ‘In Your Face’ postures in a distressed Blink 182 T-Shirt while licking whipped cream off an American Pie soundtrack. A curious ‘Naked’ pinball’s from Grease to Joan Jett before tilting while ‘Last One On Earth’ goes shopping in the retro urban section. The Dollyrots aren’t a one size fits all band but they do tick those all-important all-ages popularity boxes. ‘I Know How To Party’ has a ‘Friends’ sitcom title track feel before ‘Kat’s Meow’ climbs the Punk pop curtains. It’s left to the punchy ‘No Princess’ to complete this happy pogo down a nineties stained sidewalk. Infectious, sugary and personal ‘Daydream Explosion’ is The Dollyrots at the top of their, come one come all, game.
THE DOLLYROTS
DAYDREAM EXPLOSION
Wicked Cool Records
8/10