The Days of Lore

Mad buzz for ‘Bad Buzz’

Monday, April 12th, 2010 | musiX, pdX

Well, I’d hardly qualify a few words on The Days of Lore as “buzz.” But I do think buzz is an interesting word—its different meanings, the way it looks … buzz. OK, one more time—buzz.

New Zealand/Portland four-piece the Mint Chicks received a fair share of buzz upon the release of their second Flying Nun LP Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (including some love buzz from TDoL), a record that combined hooks with with jittery experimental noise (a style the band has dubbed “troublegum”). It finally hit U.S. soil in 2008 after winning every imaginable award in New Zealand. The band’s next record Screens was released in early 2009, and it still hasn’t gotten a fair shake here in the States. It’s criminal, I tell you.

The Chicks bypassed all the label/distro nonsense this time around with their latest Bad Buzz EP, available exclusively through musichype.com as a very practical (and cool looking) 1GB USB drive (it’s also available here as a download). The title track sounds like pure Zombies pop before the troublegum kicks in at about 1:45. Easily one of the best songs the Mint Chicks have written to date.

I’m thinking the next full-length should just come on a brand-new iPad. Now that would move some units, while at the same time create some much-deserved buzz …

… buzz.

“Bad Buzz” - The Mint Chicks

Tags: Bad Buzz, buzz, Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!, Flying Nun, Screens, The Mint Chicks

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