The Shackeltons

I'm a little late with this review because this album got lost in the holiday shuffle for me as it was released on the 29th of January. The Shackeltons self-titled release on Loveless records was on my desk for a while before I finaly gave it a listen but I haven't stopped listening since. It reminds me alot of No Means No and other old Grunge-era Seattle bands whose names have long been lost to me. Not the soft and cute northwest indie bands but the hard-driving, punk influenced bands that made music with the intensity of drunken sex. The Shackeltons have put together a fine album here, wielding their guitars like blunt instruments on songs like The Breaks, and bringing it down for songs like Yellow Cadillac and Emergency, reminding me a bit of the Modern Lovers. I found myself singing along pretty quickly and the first time I heard The Ship I was nodding my head. If you find your music rotation is in need of something that rocks a little harder this spring- pick up this album.

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