It’s Alright, It’s OK, It’s Alright, Oh Yeah

I am in love again! With Times New Viking, who come to us from Columbus, OH. Guitar drums keyboard, loud loose clatter, people singing together lots though I wouldn’t use the word “harmonies.” They kick up a sloppy racket and they record it badly, but all that distressed fuzz trails tunes that fly right at you straight & true and make you gasp. Like this one.

• Times New Viking, “Teenage Lust!” (buy here)

It’s from their brand-new record, The Paisley Reich. (Or, technical full title, I think, Times New Viking Present the Paisley Reich. I always have a soft spot for titles that incorporate the band name, whether Meet the Beatles or Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols.)

And here’s one from their other record, Dig Yourself.

• Times New Viking, “Skull Versus Wizard” (buy here)

They’re touring a bit but not getting up this way it seems. However, they are playing on a Saturday night in late March in Pittsburgh, PA, and I’m so taken with them that a roadtrip to Pittsburgh, PA is kinda tempting.

The band Times New Viking seem to namecheck themselves most often is the Clean, and that’s certainly cool with me. Though they’re maybe more single-minded than the Clean, less friendly or expansive. But we can’t all be friendly & expansive, can we?

• The Clean, “Odditty” (buy here)