‘Don’t Look Back’ is the fifth studio album from Philadelphia-based indie poppers Hurry, which was formed as a splinter group from emo band Everyone Everywhere by its bassist Matt Scottoline in the mid-2010s. Hurry’s aesthetic of melodic, Nineties-influenced power pop is polished to perfection on these ten tracks.
August is the month of power-pop, and no band is doing it better than Hurry. Their upcoming LP “Don’t Look Back” is an immaculate stretch of rock ‘n’ roll, as it arrives like a collage of ripping Byrds melodies and late-‘90s chart-topping sensibilities. Singles “Beggin’ For You” and “Parallel Haunting” are all-timers we’ve had on repeat for weeks, and we can’t wait for everyone to see what vocalist Matt Scottoline and co. have brought to the table on the rest of the album. Delicious horns, glossy guitars and poised singing comes aplenty on “Don’t Look Back”, making it a standout project in a sea of many, many great rock records hitting our libraries this summer.
“Beggin’ For You” by Hurry from the album ‘Don’t Look Back’, out August 11th 2023 on Lame-O Records.
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