The Nubs should be around today; they could teach these pukes how to freak. At least that’s the impression left by “Dogs,” the Silver Apples-style flipside of this revelatory little single pressed on bulky wax. A hypnotic bassline and staccato organ chops lubricate a subtly powerful drum attack, not to mention the on-point vocals. Quite the psych workout, and, as my daughter just said, “That one’s got a great beat!” Such an odd curio to have gone undiscovered for so long, not only because it’s so of-quality but because it sounds like it was brought to life in the 1960s, not 1979. The A-Side, “I Don’t Need You (Cause I Got Me),” approaches the essence of the same decade from a completely different point of view, more of a raging psych-rocker than a plodding space vehicle. It’s a remarkably sharp ‘n’ snappy tune, a lot like the Nuggets cuts we’ve all heard, injected with a punkish energy. Anything but the typical single one might stumble upon from the late 1970s and a testament to how much life there is to be found in the cracks and crevices of scenes all over the map.
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