Friday, December 31, 2010

The Vaccines - Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)

This is the best 7'' of the year. The Vaccines are my biggest hope for 2011, mainly because of these 81 seconds — yes, it's that short! Everything's here: a chorus that deserves to be sung by one hundred thousand people at the same moment, they somehow manage to stack a short-but-great guitar solo in there, and the verses feature such great lyrics as these: "The angels gave us Scott Fitzgerald, the Evening News and the Morning Herald." They can add themselves to the list now. They even give you the impression that those poor deluded fools who think that punk is not dead could be right.

Oh, and the B-side is a cracker as well: Different style, not as direct as "Wreckin' Bar". But with another wonderful melody that rises and rises, reminds me of Glasvegas's "Daddy's Gone".

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