Summer is almost here and you need summer jams. There are always competitors for the title " songs of summer ," but when you're sitting on a porch or hanging by a pool, there's no room for competition; you just want a steady string of tunes. Drag Sounds' debut Sudden Comfort is a chooglin', hip-shakin' rock 'n' roll record that's indebted to the swagger of The Velvet Underground and the winding guitar interplay of Television . Recorded in Baltimore (with members based there and in North Carolina), the songs are short and messy like a mop of unwashed hair, but also bright and breezy.
"Messy Life" isn't about anything in particular — maybe just living the moment. The guitars loosely braid bouncy riffs against cooed oh-oh's and whoo-whoo's as the drummer barrels into his kit. It's the sound of an endless summer, buoyed by the key phrase, "Let's have a beer, and be here!"
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