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Usually bands that do the ’60s psychedelic Nuggets thing make me simultaneously bored, nauseous and annoyed, but then there are bands like The Boss Mustangs who do it so well, I forget my prejudices and happily rock out to the fuzzy warbles emanating from my stereo.
The BM sound is rooted in 1960s Detroit, which makes sense since they hail from Western Michigan, but rather than being yet another Stooges or MC5 knockoff, they sound more like Frijid Pink and The Rationals, i.e., loud, fuzzy, overdriven rock’n‘roll with a definite soul inflection.
“Mrs. McKee,” the A-side, kicks off with a treble-y guitar lead over insistent bass and drums before launching into a staccato main riff reminiscent of The Deviants‘ “I’m Coming Home.” The B-side, “Hazel Holly,” is basically the same thing, only the intro is deceptively slow, hinting that the song will be a ballad before crashing into the raucous r&b that truly makes up the song.
Sure, there’s nothing really new or original about these two songs, but that doesn’t mean they’re not any good. Quite the opposite, in fact. Hey, when your Nuggets boxes get old, through this on and pretend it’s authentic!
