#1929 The Nails - Mood Swing

The 88 Lines About 44 Women band, but they're about half as new wave and a third as pop as you'd expect.

With Marc Campbell's whooping baritone, a pounding, dry drum sound and a ripping, raging horn section, these guys are more menacing than joyous - sounding like a band called "The Nails". It's skeezy rockabilly, a step away from the Cramps. There's a goofiness that keeps this from greatness though, like they can't quite commit to the shtick, but it's still an inventive, style-straddling piece of almost-pop 3/5