“Just Enough Hip To Be Woman” is a bold step forward for BRONCHO. Though it certainly bears the hallmarks of their previous work — fuzzy, guitar-driven rock – the production and energy of the record moves into decidedly sleeker and decidedly more new wave directions (think Cheap Trick meets the Drive soundtrack meets every great song from Fast Times at Ridgemont High meets the greatest after-hours party you’ve never been to). Tracks like “Stay Loose,” “NC-17” and “What” are the kind of pop-rock that could have easily been beamed in from the same universe that gave rise to The Cars (or a looser version of The Strokes), while the album’s first single, “Class Historian” — with its unstoppable “do do do do” vocal refrain is the kind of song that seems scientifically engineered to stick in your brain forever and is arguably best played loudly over a car stereo with the windows down and your long hair blowing in the breeze. Clocking in at just more than 30 minutes, the eleven tracks on the new record are a potent statement of intent: an effortless sounding rock record that dips its toe into a variety of different styles without ever succumbing to any of them.
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BRONCHO – ” Just Hip Enough To Be Woman “
Posted: January 2, 2015 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Broncho, Just Hip Enough To Be Woman
A perfect summer album that showed up in September was Broncho‘s addicting sophomore album was scoffed at by critics for being too “safe” and “repetitive” but I thought it was their touted glam-garage debut that went that route. This was just enough hip to be a perfect pop album. From start to finish, Broncho hits you with a constant barrage of punchy garage pop laced with new wave rhythms, saccharine melodies, and tongue-in-cheek snark. Some say the constant earworms begin to wear thin by the end of the record, but I feel the complete opposite But I loved the lay it on thick drown me in hooks, doot-doot-doo’s, and replayable car-stereo-loud-with-the-window-down cuts. It’s not their fault they make pop seem this easy.
BRONCHO – ” Class Historian “
Posted: December 16, 2014 in MUSICTags: Broncho, Just Hip Enough To Be Woman
If you’ve heard BRONCHO‘s “Class Historian” even once, you know that the Oklahoma power pop band is capable of writing a catchy tune. The rest of the tracks on their sophomore album “Just Hip Enough to Be Woman” are just as catchy, so don’t say we didn’t warn you when you can’t stop listening.
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