Very much a product of the time, seemingly taking the Beatles' exact same tack on harmony-heavy versions of early rock and roll from the likes of Buddy Holly (who they named themselves after) Chuck Berry (who they cover here). Everything is a bit too Love Me Do smooth, providing a limp version of a style that was already done pretty well, and that didn't have a lot of room for exploration.
There's a very slightly different flavor here, a certain twangy oddball quality to the original tracks that evokes The Mint Chicks and Of Montreal in a way that The Beatles don't. And Set Me Free has a rollicking, too-fast energy that I'd love to heard more of - instead things are pretty predictable, buffed to too much of a familiar shine to be all that interesting 3/5
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