(And better than almost anything you'd find on a Yellow Pills comp.) Tracks like 'Jeanie Loves Pop' and 'Waiting for Your Call' would have been highlights on any power pop comp, the strutting 'Sour Grapes' would be a timeless classic if it had come out on Stiff in 1978, and the rest is punchy enough to have even the strictest power pop purist agreeing that these guys are the real deal. Still punky, still full of wiry energy, and more like the Boys or the early Saints than a skinny tie-wearing, matching hairstyle kind of band, but still poppy enough to be on a Come Out and Play compilation. Rex, the sound this time is pure stripped-down power pop. What's different on the band's debut record, Someone for You, is that instead of drawing from garage rock and punk and T. The lineup is still classic guitar-bass-drums, the recording style is still best described as tinny, and like before, there's enough rock & roll energy flowing through Melton's hooky songs to power a small city. Apart from the name, almost everything has stayed the same. After his band Bare Wires basically imploded on-stage at SXSW in 2012, Matthew Melton didn't waste much time before he was up and running again, this time fronting Warm Soda.
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