Chandos: Rats in Your Bed

Chandos members grew up in the town of Allston, Massachusetts, so it’s no surprise they have absorbed the musical DNA of their Boston compatriots Pixies and The Lemonheads. Throw in a dash of The Replacements and you have something approximating the trio’s sound.

Innovation is low on the agenda, but there are some great tunes – notably the chugging, chiming garage-rock of Temperance, the snot-nosed delivery of Cobra Points and the thrashy indie-rock tussle of Everyone's an Expert. Pretty Sure It's Tang Top bears more than a passing resemblance to Wave of Mutilation, but Chandos breeze through the songs with such a sense of abandon it's impossible not to get carried along – despite the sense of déjà vu.

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