This one’s a howler. A decade or so after The Darkness made kitsch sincere again, the children of this movement picked up instruments and unleashed a four song EP of hooky, numbing and epic space rock. “The Cure” features plucky bass, soaring choruses and devastating guitars, while “Dead Men Tell No Tales” eats away at your soul, slowly, like the Sarlacc pit. At seven minutes, “Medieval Dance” is a killer, but it’s the ragtag instrumental “Supernaut” that sums things up nicely - simple in its pageantry but devastating in its execution. But, you know, fun.

Published in Volume 68, Number 12 of The Uniter (November 20, 2013)