In advance of their first full-length album in nearly 40 years (due out next month on Rum Bar Records), the mighty Dogmatics have treated us to an advance single that brings new meaning to the term "long-awaited"! Jerry Lehane wrote "You've Got What I Want" way back in 1981. It was an attempt to sound a little bit like The Outlets, one of the most influential bands ever in the Boston garage/punk scene. The song became a staple of The Dogmatics' live set, but they never got around to recording it during their initial run. Yet clearly they liked it enough to bring it back in 2025, and it's exactly what you'd expect a Dogmatics song influenced by The Outlets to sound like: garagey, poppy, and punky in all the best ways. Clocking in at just 97 seconds, it's a perfect display of songwriting efficiency.
Of all the legendary bands in history that have reformed after long breakups, The Dogmatics have had one of the most successful second acts. They've pulled off an extremely difficult feat: coming back decades later with an evolved sound — yet still sounding distinctively like themselves. In recent years, they've built a body of work that rivals their classic output without trying to recreate it. A lot of bands from The Dogmatics' era would have a hard time pulling off a song written in their formative years. They would either try too hard to recapture their youth, or they would re-arrange the song to the point where they lost the plot. But neither fate awaits "You've Got What I Want." You can definitely hear the influence of The Outlets when you listen to the song, but the track is very comparable to the songs The Dogmatics have been releasing in recent years. They embrace the song's energy and simplicity without pretending that they haven't become far wiser and more accomplished musicians over the past 44 years. I'd put this up there with anything this band has ever done. It's an exhilarating blast of three-chord rock 'n' roll. It sounds like The Dogmatics, and it sounds like Boston. I can't wait to hear the whole album!
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