Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra) - The Vaccines

It's fairly easy to describe the first single from The Vaccines - Wreckin' Bar's essentially the sound of what The Ramones would've sounded like if they'd grown up on the other side of the continent and gone surfing rather than hang around in CBGBs looking moody in leather. And no doubt Da Bruddas would've approved of the refreshing 84 second brevity too, a dumb ramalama party of a track that insists that pogoing must happen, and happen now. The B side starts off with a a Pixies circa Velouria style guitar riff before building joyfully into what sounds like a fuzzed up tribute to Pulp's Trees. It may have been done before, but in a world where the softer end of the indie spectrum currently rules (hello Vampire Weekend, hey there Drums!) it's a welcome and bracing scuzzy reminder that rock is far more fun when there's a bit of roll included too.