The Pills

Luke Zine

The Pills Wide Awake with the Pills
Monolyth Record Group

The Pills have been Boston's best kept secret for too long. Their brand of straight-up power pop doffs a cap to the quintessential UK mod bands of the '60s, namely the Kinks and the Who, though they're a bit nippier than both. The songs are kept short and sweet, and rely heavily on mod themes - girls, mod girls, scooters, clothes and speed. Standout track, Scooter Gurl (She's So Faithful) does it's best to incoporate most of that stuff into it's 3 minutes 45 seconds; a song of almost epic proportions compared to the rest of Wide Awake (12 songs, a smidgen under 29 minutes). It's an enjoyable album from a band that aren't taking themselves too seriously, and apart from a slightly worrying tendency to tack on some inappropriate choppy ska guitar on a couple of occasions, there's much here to encourage the resurgence of fishtail parkas and purple hearts. (rating: 7)

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	Luke Zine
	The Pills Wide Awake with the Pills Monolyth Record Group The Pills have been Boston's best kept secret for too long. Their brand of straight-up power pop doffs a cap to the quintessential UK mod bands of the '60s, namely the Kinks and the Who, though they're a bit nippier than both. The songs are kept short and sweet, and rely heavily on mod themes - girls, mod girls, scooters, clothes and speed. Standout track, Scooter Gurl (She's So Faithful) does it's best to incoporate most of that stuff into it's 3 minutes 45 seconds; a song of almost epic proportions compared to the rest of Wide Awake (12 songs, a smidgen under 29 minutes). It's an enjoyable album from a band that aren't taking themselves too seriously, and apart from a slightly worrying tendency to tack on some inappropriate choppy ska guitar on a couple of occasions, there's much here to encourage the resurgence of fishtail parkas and purple hearts. (rating: 7)
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