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Sounds like: Ra Ra Riot, Wilco, Handsome Furs, Flamingo Crash

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What’s so good?
Their drummer is only 14-years old! Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band packs a ton of energy into a group of well-knit songs on this album.  I haven’t yet had the chance to completely let it settle in, but after the three or four listens thus far, it’s catchy as hell and, as with almost all good albums that catch my attention, it has some depth and complexity to it. That’s a damned good thing. These up-and-comers out of Seattle are certainly worth keeping an eye on.

As befits a mixed-race, -gender, and -generation band, this Seattle quintet never settles for the status quo. Bluesy single-note guitar lines compete with jagged chording, the bass thumps out counter-melodies, strained yelping dissolves into pastoral harmony. Yet it all coheres thanks to frontman Benjamin Verdoes’ pop instincts and the band’s jittery energy – spin.com