DOM
Family of Love
Seems like only yesterday that we were calling Worcester’s Dom the
band most likely to succeed in a young Massachusetts rock class. So far
so good, as the deliriously delinquent surf-psych pop-rock of their
debut EP, “Sun Bronzed Greek Gods,’’ has made its way around the world.
On this follow-up EP, the band, led by the mercurial, skewed-pop savant
Dom, keeps the party going with five songs that crest the wave between
rough-around-the-edges garage rock and twee keyboard pop. The awkwardly
romantic “Telephone’’ revolves around a chiming dial tone solo. The
fuzzy prismatic rainbow of “Happy Birthday Party’’ is the stylistic
bridge here, with its refrain of “time to get gnarly/ happy birthday
party’’ serving as the motto for both the record and the band. That
song, and the careening, reverb sugar of “Damn,’’ have the deceptive
staying power of a self-applied tattoo. They’re perhaps hastily put
together but still fraught with a moment’s sincerity that will
nonetheless stick with you long after the party is over. (Out now)
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