Slinky Saddest Girl / Run and Run 7″
Florida melodic punk from the ’90s reimagined brilliantly in 2024—when I first dropped the needle, I thought I was listening to a new band harnessing the sounds of a forgotten DIY past, when I was actually listening to a band reimagining themselves as adults. “Saddest Girl” is a perfect example of the (sub)genre, an energetic wistful missive that’s light-years from the love song that the listener might mistake it for. And I’m gonna stop the review there, because that A-side is so damn good, and the flip is an utterly forgettable butchering of a PSYCHEDELIC FURS track.