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Artist: The Switches
Album: Drama Queen EP
Website: MySpace

The notion of a four piece band that formed in college due to stalwart passion for a legion of seventies pop-punk lineage that include 10cc, ELO and Bowie isn"t by nature uncommon or even all that exciting (the bassist's ancestor did however invent the bicycle!); but the trippy, infectious grooves and airy lyrical pastiche of The Switches certainly are, and that"s to our benefit.

Formed in London, this four-piece pop/punk band of Brian Wilson and Beatles worshipers seem to go against the grain of their working class Brit rock/punk contemporaries Artic Monkeys and Editors, not by singing about cute furry pets and all those good times to come, but by turning up the glam-pop melodies to eleven.

The first single and title track from the new EP Drama Queen is a strikingly good example of the latter. It all sounds so fancily danceable and full of Beach Boys-ish (or more immediately: Dandy Warhols) hand-clapping, woo-wooing cheerfulness until it becomes apparent you’re singing along to lines like “Load up the drugs we'll let the demons come in / Bring all the kids they won't know where to begin,” which lead singer Matt Bishop delivers with not even the slightest hint of sarcastic bravado, up until the ELO emulated sound on the chorus. It’s so old, it’s new again, and it wouldn’t even make a difference if all the songs sounded alike.

This Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 / 5

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