Remember Urge Overkill?

Does anyone remember Urge Overkill? You know, that hip power-pop trio who had a couple of hits back in the early 90s, with “Sister Havana,” and a cover of “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack?

Well I do, and I suspect that Wolf Colonel’s Jason Anderson must remember them too, since at times his band sounds like U.O.’s lower-fi counterpart.

This style of rock n’ roll certainly isn’t new, but the Wolf Colonel do it anyway and do it well, with a lot of energy, gratuitous guitar solos, and massive pop hooks. Plus, any band that can have me singing along with a chorus that consists of the following line: “you can buy me two mowers,” is worthy of some praise.

If they could somehow pick up on Nash Kato’s fashion sense, Wolf Colonel might be on their way to superstardom. Speaking of superstardom, Eve 6 also play their own brand of power-pop, or should I say, not-powerful-enough-pop.

Alright, I’m sure it’s obvious where this review is going, but I’m not done yet! Horrorscope, (man, what a clever title), has got some pretty slick production, slick packaging, and singer Max Collins does a pretty slick job of rhyming almost every line on the entire album, but ultimately all this slickness slips past my senses and leaves nothing substantial behind.

I have no idea what the hell a OViking of Mint’ is supposed to be, but the title alone is strangely interesting enough to grab my attention, which is more than I can say for Eve 6.

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