Heartaches

Heartaches

Too Cool For School

Swami

***“The second album from retro garage-punk enthusiasts THE HEARTACHES brims with such unpretentious snot-rock giddiness that it's close to impossible for sympathetic listeners not to get swept up in its three-chord fun. Stripped-down primal punk tunes like ‘Teenage Hypochondriac’ and ‘King Kong's Party’ are delivered with attitude instead of style: this isn't an attempt to perfectly re-create the sound of the Nuggets box, but the work of five kids channeling the spirit of the Standells, Chocolate Watchband, and other Beatles-booted mid-'60s teenagers into the pop-punk sound of today.”—Stewart Mason, All Music Guide