Just Because / Peanut Butter (2018)
I wasn't familiar with Cheap Clone prior to Just Because sending this record to me to check out. I've ended up being pretty impressed by it. And that is my favorite thing about someone sending me a record to review, you never know when you're going to stumble across new sounds that really click with you.
Cheap Clone definitely have a 90s indie rock feel to them. There is a bit of a ramshackle feel to their jangly guitars that makes me think of a less boozy Replacements. But that's kind of a lazy, half ass comparison and the band is very obviously not trying to sound like the Replacements with their dynamic harmonies and the way they seem to pursue the song's melody above all else.
Of the four songs, "430 Miles" is my favorite of the bunch. Likely because it's the fastest, but also the vocal melody of the chorus really stands out from the other free. It's an earworm in the best possible way.
Cheap Clone - Barely Smile 7":
https://justbecauserecords.bandcamp.com/album/cheap-clone-ep
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