The Weeklings

In Their Own Write

JEM Records

This is a new band for me, but a great one. Their sound is based on the early Beatles, say, “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” with a lot of other influences thrown in, like Todd Rundgren, Steppenwolf, and Yes, to name a few.

This also makes them punky power pop, that they'd put all of these very different styles in a blender to see what happens. The two covers, both Beatles songs, “The Word” and “Baby Your A Rich Man” are more examples, especially “Baby” radically reworked to be punk.

The lyrics are happy, and the romantic ups and downs are for young and old alike, which makes the whole package wonderful. That it's a live recording gives these songs a lot of energy.

Andrea Weiss