Woah Man - The Aquadolls

The Aquadolls is the project of 20 year old Orange County, CA native Melissa Brooks. Her age and roots are evident on her debut full-length album Stoked On You, released at the end of last year on Burger Records, with rollicking surf rock and lyrics devoted to guys who sk8, getting high, and finding young love. Comparisons to Best Coast seem easy, but Brooks puts more crunch and power behind her songs.

"Woah Man" is the closing track from the album. You can stream it below.

The Aquadolls will be playing in their backyard at the incredibly stacked Burgerama IV this weekend. <EC>

 

Call Me Up - Cotillon

On his self-titled debut album, Jordon Corso of Cotillon is having a tough time finding love. The album, produced by former Girls (RIP) member J.R. White, points the listener to all of the overturned stones Corso has checked for romance.

On "Call Me Up",  the underbelly presents itself as the affection of someone caught up in a bad relationship with a gold-watching wearing, Mercedez driving, strip-club attending boyfriend. Corso doesn't have much to offer in the way of the material world, but he appeals, "the lovin' I could throw your way, is worth more than his shiny things." Speaking of shiny things, "Call Me Up" has some awesome saxophone work that adds depth to the beachy, rockin' dream pop sound of the rest of the track, which combined, match the optimistic opening line "there's still time, there's still hope, if you leave your baby."

You can get Cotillon digitally or on cassette through Burger Records. <EC>

I Did Something Wrong - The Parrots

Who knew a song about trying to figure out what caused a break up could be so much fun? Madrid garage rockers The Parrots do just that on their track "I Did Something Wrong."

The song follows the manic back-and-forth thought process in the wake of heartbreak, quickly fluctuating between blamelessness and guilt , all underlain by uncertainty. The chorus moves from several declarations of "I did something wrong," punctuated by the back-up vocalists chiming in as voices of ambiguity with contrasting "I don't know"s. These muddle and muted lyrics play under jangly garage rock riffs that serve to make the song feel relatively happy, given its subject matter.

While the dudes of The Parrots might never realize why things soured, they've certainly found an entertaining way to grieve. <EC>