If you're longing for the /p>
ew wave/pre-MTV days when bands such as Blondie and the Tom Tom Club ruled, Detroit's Thunderbirds Are Now may very well rekindle Reagan-era déjŕ vu. Specializing in the same guitar-meets-synth sound as the aforementioned bands, Thunderbirds are obviously admirers of snappy little pop tunes, as evidenced throughout their second full-length offering (and first for the Frenchkiss label), 2005's Justamustache. It's hard not to listen to a tune like "Enough About Me, Let's Talk About Me" and not automatically picture a hopping dancefloor circa 1982, littered with dancers wearing headbands and/or legwarmers, while a tune like "From: Skulls" would have undoubtedly fit perfectly on the soundtrack to either Valley Girl or The Last American Virgin. With a sound comparable to both /p>
ew wave originators and modern day revivalists, Justamustache seems tailor-made for both fans of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gwen Stefani.
So Thunderbirds are Now! are pretty rockin. There songs, especially 'Better Safe than Safari' and 'Cobra Feet' have great driving beats, and, like The Go! Team and Tilly and the Wall, they just want to make you sing along! There such fun songs.BTW the artist guy's name is Henry Darger. Became very famous posthumus artist. Worked as a Janitor in Chicago(?) and when they went through his apartment a
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So Thunderbirds are Now! are pretty rockin. There songs, especially 'Better Safe than Safari' and 'Cobra Feet' have great driving beats, and, like The Go! Team and Tilly and the Wall, they just want to make you sing along! There such fun songs.BTW the artist guy's name is Henry Darger. Became very famous posthumus artist. Worked as a Janitor in Chicago(?) and when they went through his apartment a
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