Lutheran Heat Hi Again LP
Sophomore album of shambling, poppy indie punk from Minneapolis. They pull from multiple influences—Motown, ’60s pop, Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, Flying Nun Records, and contemporaries the BABIES—in the same way Fred Thomas did with SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME. They nail that mix of scruffy punk attitude with melodic hooks the way that ex-BANANAS drummer Scott Miller did with his bands NAR and especially BRIGHT IDEAS.