The Dahlmanns and Sexy Heroes

The Dahlmanns “All Dahled Up”
The Dahlmanns adventure continues past its debut EP. The Norwegian band is modeled after The Ramones and The Primitives, with dense guitars and sweet female harmonies thanks to Line Dahlmann. Starting with “Candy Pants,” it’s a bouncy tune about a dude “48 going on 16” cruising the scene for jailbait. Much of the album is very consistent, with solid melody lines and quick tempos marking each song here. Listen to “Lonely Boys Brigade” and “Shake Me Up Tonight” for some great hook filled ear candy. We get a some Beach Boys influence on “Bright City Lights” added to the mix, but the lack of variety may turn off a few listeners looking for a slower tempo tune to break things up.We don’t get a change in tone until the end with the punk pop of “I Want You Around” in typical Ramones style. The band adds ends with “Smash You” borrowing the melody line of “Do You Wanna Dance.” Overall a great listen with plenty of great guitar work and Line’s double tracked vocals.

Sexy Heroes “interroBang”
Another band from our friends at Pop Detective Records, the Sexy Heroes are a punk pop band that mixes wild guitar riffs and harmonies on the opener “Robert Downey Jr.” It’s a neat biography in song form with a jamming breaks and vocal asides. The roaring punk guitar on “Jurassic Park” supports the terrific melody line “I don’t want to be eaten by a dinosaur.” The band’s humor is very appealing, and continues on several pop culture memes like Zombies, Mario Brothers, etc. For example, “Louie Gee” is a great Green Day like song about the least appreciated Mario Brother. Fans of Weird Al and Bowling For Soup will really appreciate “Ticklish Bill,” “HaPunk” and “FreeBird” with it’s excellent guitar riffs and funny lyrics. Every tune here is pretty good with no filler amongst the 14 tracks. Overall this is a fun album with a capital F-U-N. Enjoy.

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