Dusty Medical (2017)
This is another album I picked up based off of a review that was written about it in Razorcake. The writer compared them to Tenement and that was enough to warrant a listen. Also, since I knew of the label Dusty Medical from their prior releases of bands like Goodnight Loving and Midwestern Beat, I figured it would probably be a safe pickup.
Having listened to this album pretty nonstop since receiving it in the mail, I can confirm that Tenement is a very accurate comparison for Midnight Reruns. Though Midnight Reruns certainly leans towards the mold of early, straightforward poppy Tenement with much more emphasis on hooks and catchy choruses than the intricate soundscapes that Tenement has been moving towards more recently.
While Midnight Reruns doesn't have the sort of blistering Dinosaur Jr. style guitar solos, they absolutely know how to work with interesting riffs and super catchy vocal melodies. In particular, "Hold Up The Mirror" is just a smash hit with a chorus that's been stuck in my head for weeks. Even though two instrumentals, "Celebrity Lawyers" and "Concourse C,"is a bit much, they don't really slow down the album too badly. At the end of the day, this is definitely an album worth checking out.
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