Song Review: "We've Been Planning This For Years"

“We've Been Planning This For Years” by from Black City, (Burning Heart.2002)
File Under: Nth.Wave.Garage.Rock.Revival

This week Swedish garage revivalists The Hives released their latest record to semi-much hullabaloo. This made me think of another Swedish band who unleashed a fiery record of proto-blooz-punk five years ago. As a discerning music listener and avid reader with a keen attention to detail, you know I'm talking about Division of Laura Lee. This song is track two from their U.S. debut. The first fifty-six seconds has more to do with herky-jerk post-punk - (in)tense, steady backbeat – than Nuggets "zit-farmers", it’s that touch of the blooz that informs the rest of the song. There is a stellar change that ushers in the chorus and a flurry of punk rock hooks - a flourish of "Give it up" call-and-response craziness. This track has a trashy edge, but in a raw and gritty and arrogant way. Where The Hives strut pretty, Division of Laura Lee dare you to rumble.

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