“Electric Fratboy” is a stirring track from Psych-O-Positive, who caught our ears last year with the gripping “Lipstick.” The band once again strut an artful rock charisma, intertwining debonair vocal dreaminess and ardent shout-y invigoration. The “daddy’s got…” softness and “fratboy!” exultation interchange cohesively during the catching central hook, traversed to enjoyably by a range of twangy guitar tones and thumping rhythmic hypnotics. The production excels in its critiques of nepotism, wealth, and consequences — warning of privilege and self-destruction through snarling punk energy.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
