At the end of this month, Taxi Girls are going to drop an album that will have people going absolutely bonkers. I'm talking about a record that will legitimately put these tremendously talented women in the thick of the "best band in the world" conversation (in my orbit, at least). You should clear your schedule for June 26th and prepare to rock out until you have to do something essential like eat or sleep. While we wait, the band has dropped another stone cold banger of a single.
Compared to the edgy rocker "Say It!" (I can't even write the title without wanting to scream it), "Secret Handshake" brings quite a different vibe. It's still very much a summertime jam, but it does show a slightly softer side of Taxi Girls. In style, this is the sort of stuff I live for: classic poppy punk rock with an upbeat spirit that hits you with a massive chorus. That intro is pure gold, and then this snappy earworm will send you straight into head-bobbing, toe-tapping mode. Lyrically, you could probably call this a love song, but it manages to evoke something deeper and more universal than that. It's a song not just about the private language you might share with someone special but also about wanting that connection to never end. There's a sweetness and vulnerability to this song that Jamie's lead vocal fully captures, and every repeat listen makes me smile a little bigger. If this song were any catchier, we'd all have to be walking around in masks again. I always love tunes that are super-fun on the surface but something much more beyond it.
Static, Taxi Girls' debut album, will be coming out on Wild Honey Records in Europe and Stomp Records in Canada. My math tells me that that's in three weeks, so you won't have to wait much longer! For now, I advise playing "Secret Handshake" on repeat and getting properly pumped. Get your pre-orders in while the colored vinyl is still up for grabs!
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