The Weeklings

Raspberry Park

Jem Records

The album title is a pun on Asbury Park, NJ, and as someone who lived in Asbury for a while, I can say it is apt. And that’s what this album is about, a blend of today’s indie rock and classic rock that spans from combining Buffalo Springfield’s “Mr. Soul” and the Stones’ “Satisfaction,” to playing Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” as rockabilly.

The Weeklings’ originals are where the indie rock is blended in, from the one-minute songs like “Samson” and “Etude In E,” which are almost folk, to great rock songs like “All the Cash In The World,” which is about looking back at good and bad times and you wouldn’t change how you handled them. Some of the covers. like the Beatles’ “She’s Leaving Home” and “I’ve Just Seen A Face,” have indie styling, as well.

That this new album is great means the new year is starting off right. The Jersey Shore still has a lot of life to it, and this album is one reason why. Whether you live there or not, this album will take you there.

Andrea Weiss