Quick hitters:: Young Rival

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When a young band explores the classic garage band sounds the results are often predictable; reverb, sneers, and crunching guitars. And sure, Hamilton's Young Rival can sneer with the best of 'em, but more impressively, they offer up a more mature take on the affair.

The guitar and shimmering vocals on Your Island and Too Hip will still have you reaching for your mod suits and wishing you were rocking a shag, but The Haunt proves that the band has discovered a darker side and 4:15 show how easily the band can engage the listener psychedelics and Zombie's influenced subtleties.

From start to finish, the EP shows that the band obviously has a terrific record collection, but more importantly, the strength of their song writing is making significant strides as well. The biggest challenge for a lot of these new era Brit evasion bands is stepping out of the shadow of their idols and Young Rival showed that they are already forging their own sound… one that shows considerable potential.