Boom! Bap! Pow! "So Heavy"

[https://soundcloud.com/boombappow/sets/so-heavy]

Somewhere between the dreamy rock of something out of the 1940's or 1950's (Think Buddy Holly era, but not) and the more recent ska revival of a band such as Save Ferris comes the music of Boom! Bap! Pow!.   The multi-instrumental songs with vocals that would make Gwen Stefani herself blush could be the soundtrack to a great spy film or simply contest with Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas.

How do you describe something that borrows from genres but doesn't have one of its own?   You can only say what it isn't, rather than what it is.   This isn't Shannon and the Clams.   It's not Save Ferris or No Doubt.    It's not quite doo-wop and it's not any of the pop acts from when songs like "Teen Angel" were first tearing up the radio waves.  (Though sometimes, yes, this does sound like the soundtrack to "Cry Baby")

As strange as it may sound, a song like "My World" can also pull out those hints of The Jackson 5 and, wow, the fact that a band can stay true to their own sound and yet cross these various genres just shows you how incredibly talented they are musically.    This is just overly addicting.   I don't want to write about it.   I just want to listen to it.   You should be listening to it too.   Hear her belting that line out?   If that doesn't convince you then nothing will and you're not worth my time.