Cannonball Coming

It’s a transitory moment – coming right at the opening section after Kim Deal sings “Check Check, Ah Oooh Oooh” that seems to announce something new, something very exciting. The simple hi hat is played as tight as possible making tons of room for the fat, slip-slide bass, cleansing the palette and making room for the minutes that follow of pop perfection. That greasy clean guitar plays star gazer, while an undercurrent of powerchords keep things moving, and the clincher line that gets me glad every time “Spitting in a wishing well/Going to hell/Crash on the last splash.” But that chorus, with the chuh-chuh-chuh-chuh-chuh “Will you, (Indecpherible)! In the shade, in the sha-ade.” This isn’t nostalgia, it’s a blast.