Last month, I teased you with the title track from Brad Marino's forthcoming EP
False Alarm (due out later this month on the always fantastic Rum Bar Records!). Well now Rum Bar has leaked a second track from
False Alarm - a cover of the Hoodoo Gurus' classic "What's My Scene". I love this selection of cover material. The Hoodoo Gurus are a band that unites the worlds of garage rock and power pop much like Marino does. They are surely a big influence on his songwriting style and overall vision of what rock and roll ought to be. "What's My Scene" in particular is a fine choice of a song. It's off of the Gurus' third album
Blow Your Cool! from 1987. Marino doesn't mess with it too much. But if you didn't know any better, you'd think it was something that he wrote. The song definitely fits perfectly with the rest of the EP. The coolest thing is that Dave Faulkner himself is a big fan of this cover! If you enjoy this track, go check out the
original. And be on the lookout for
False Alarm, which comes out on May 22nd!
-L.R.
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Always a pleasure hearing this tune, whether it's the original or an interpretation. Hoodoo Gurus are scheduled to play at The NorVa come November, but a cancellation wouldn't be too surprising at this point.
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