The Not What’s the Reason 12″
The NOT produce six more examples of their JAM-oriented material on their debut vinyl. In some cases, that approach doesn’t work too well (as in the overly rock-ish “In Trouble” and the slow “World War”), but elsewhere their clean guitars, bouncy rhythms, and Weller-ish vocals combine in an engaging way. If they’d only absorb some influences from the JOLT—a ’78 “mod” group with more explosive energy and guitar power than the JAM—they’d really turn some heads.