Snappy Little Numbers / Brassneck / Keep It A Secret / Shield (2021)
I don't see as many split singles these days as I did in the 90s, but I'm always psyched when one comes out. This time we've got two bands I already like, Spells and PopKid alumni Custody.
Custody never disappoints and their song "Into The Great Unknown" is no exception. I find it difficult to write about Custody without typing the word Samiam, and while there are always some Sergie influences in most Custody songs, I do feel like the guitar work on this particular track does chart some newer ground for the band. There's a surfy lead in the intro that breaks into a riff that reminds me a lot of the The End Will Be Kicks song "You Are All Kinds of Red Lights." Once we hit the chorus, you get the booming, crunchy distortion that no one delivers quite like Custody, but I like the journey taken to get there, Another great song.
Spells come in with "Confidence, Baby. Confidence!" which is a song that has a wide variety of punctuation in its title. This one starts out by clapping and spelling out the word 'confidence' similar to the Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night" or Rocket From The Crypt's "Tiger Feet Tonight." It then breaks into a pretty raspy vocal for the verse, the music fades here a little bit only to come roaring back in the chorus. While I can't say this is my favorite Spells song that I've heard, it's also not so far away from the sound that I'm used to from them. I could never say anything but good things about it, it just isn't hitting me quite as hard as some of their other songs.
Still, this is a great little record featuring two of the best current bands out there. If you read my dumb website, chances are you probably need to pick this up.
Custody / Spells - Split 7":
https://snappylittlenumbers.bandcamp.com/album/split-single-sln-216
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