If electroclash had left a dent, it would have been for sounding something like this.  Garage punk trio SSM have followed their pants-dropping debut record with this six-tracker, and damn if these boys ain’t doing it right.  EP-1 contains one remix and five new tracks (three of which were once again engineered by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach); opener “Put Me In” sounds like LCD Soundsystem but more organic, with real flesh and bones it’s a dance floor breaker, if DJ’s only knew their heads form their asses.  Second cut “Fiction Rock + Roll” goes back to basics, most of the dance elements are left on your heels and its sound regresses to a tiny soundproof garage. It is with songs like this that SSM actually sounds like the trio it is, the music is still grand but capable of deafening frequencies. 

Formed by John Szymanski (Hentchmen, Paybacks), Dave Shetler (The Sights) and Marty Morris (Cyril Lords); SSM sounds like a fuzzy and furry 60’s psychedelic combo, if only those damn hippies would not have ruined it all with all that patchouli and songs about wearing flowers when you move to San Francisco. Damn them. But this is no mere revivalist act, if anything these boys sound like they’ve had too much Kool Aid.  Slow seducer track “Belle Isle Daze” is a delicious blend of fuzz strumming and ? The Mysterians type key work, while “Country City” jerks itself from several positions; before finding solace in organic dance drums and rocking guitars.  “You’ll be Glad You Did” is childish, and as such it plays, it foams at the mouth, it throws stuff right at you and in the end shits itself amidst the milky way.  Good stuff all around.

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Listen to the song “Put Me In”