Do It All Next Week

カリフォルニア出身の4人組バンドUNI BOYSの最新作『Do It All Next Week』がリリース!
L.A.パワーポップ・アンダーグラウンドにおける、少し気取ったソフトパンク的な雰囲気をぎゅっと詰め込んだサウンドはさながらB級映画のサウンドトラックのようなノスタルジーを感じます!
パワーポップの父と呼ばれるFlamin' Grooviesやカリフォルニアの伝説的バンドAllah Lahs、ロックンロールの王道The Black Crowesの前座を務めてきたという彼らに要注目!

The California quartet Uni Boys sound like they were airlifted out of the pages of a summer 1977 issue of Bomp! magazine and dropped into 2022 still sounding fresh as a daisy. Their peppy brand of power pop is displayed in all its tousled-haired, skinny-tied glory on Do It All Next Week. Over the course of a dozen songs, the band display a deep working knowledge of how to wring all the teenage feels, sunbaked hooks, and goosebump choruses out of a few chords, some ringing arpeggios, a little attitude, and alternately sneering and crooning vocals. Its all very Milk N Cookies, Pointed Sticks, and Scruffs to be sure, but the band arent buried in the past to the point where they sound like a faded carbon copy. Its more like they would have been one of the better bands working this side of the street back in power pops heyday. Both of the main members, guitarists Noah Nash and Reza Matin, write and sing like theyre channeling heroes of the past, whether theyre rocking out or singing sweetly to the (ones) they love. Nash shines a bit brighter on ultra-catchy uptempo tracks like "You Worry About Me" that have the flash of a lost AM radio hit, Matins muted vocals and trickier chord changes give his songs a nice melancholy twist. His "Long Time No See" is a tear-stained garage weeper, "Hypocrite" has the tough-meets-tender feel of an early Saints ballad. The two writers styles blend together perfectly and its only interesting to contrast them in order to spotlight the fact that Uni Boys are lucky enough to have two fine songwriters in the band. (Only the rare slip like the overly New York Dolls-y, kind of sleazy "I Wanna Rock You" shows they still have some growing to do). That they (along with bassist Michael Cipolletti and rock-solid drummer Arthur Fitch) have the good sense to vary the guitar sounds, arrangements, and moods from song to song makes the album seem like the work of a group who have spent years honing their craft -- which Uni Boys indeed did before recording this. Lots of bands have gone down this retro road -- in fact, power pop itself was a nostalgia trip at heart -- but not many do it with the same style and panache that the Uni Boys do here. ~ Tim Sendra