K9 Thrills LP
Now this is what I’m talking about. This band could be your life, or at least your latest obsession. Richmond’s K-9 offers their first LP with the aptly-named Thrills, a collection of songs that seems to pull from DINOSAUR JR., MISSION OF BURMA, LEMONHEADS, and other exciting sounds of the ’80s and ’90s. There are breezy, slacker indie tracks (“The Island” nails this feeling), and there are sub-two-minute blasts of energy (“95x”), but they work really well together, keeping the listener engaged and excited. My only gripe isn’t really a gripe at all: some of the shorter tracks are so infectious that I don’t want to see them leave (“A Race”), but there’s plenty of solace in knowing that the next song will pull you right back in for different reasons.