{"id":7171,"date":"2019-09-24T09:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2020-02-12T06:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:32:49","slug":"baby-shakes-cause-a-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/baby-shakes-cause-a-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Shakes <br>Cause a Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/babyshakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7172\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/babyshakes.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Shakes, Cause a Scene\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/babyshakes.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/babyshakes-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Baby Shakes bring renewed vigor and focus to their spiked-sugar attack with their fourth album, <i>Cause a Scene<\/i> (Lil\u2019 Chewy Records). The title track\u2019s burst of aggression belies ease and confidence; they\u2019re trying to win the person they\u2019re addressing over, but they\u2019re not trying that hard. Shimmying bass buoys lines like, \u201cWe just do what we want to do,\u201d leaving the listener no doubt that could change with the next summer breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton candy harmonies from Mary Blount, Judy Lindsay, and Claudia Gonzalez, along with Ryan McHale\u2019s detonating drum fills launch \u201cWasurenai Wa\u201d into the upper ranks of melancholy summer night slow dances. The chorus, Japanese for \u201cI won\u2019t forget,\u201d underscores crooned verses about how \u201cthis love won\u2019t die\u201d with just enough grit in the guitar to remind the listener of the fleeting nature of memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCruisin\u2019\u201d also features that chromed twist-cone of sweetness and melancholy as Blount warns, \u201cDon\u2019t act so dumb, you\u2019ve got it wrong. I said he\u2019s with me.\u201d They lace those taunts with hand-claps, doo-wopped backing vocals, a crisp dance-in-the-middle-of-the-circle drum break from McHale, and a Lindsay guitar solo that beams like sunshine through shattering glass.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Baby Shakes don\u2019t skimp on the harder-edged side of their work here. Lindsay\u2019s whip-crack guitar intro and Gonzalez\u2019s bass set the tense, confident tone of \u201cModern Girl Renegade,\u201d while \u201cGames You Play\u201d throbs with a classic glam stomp. Elsewhere, acid bubblegum builds to a steady rise and explosive pay-off in the final track \u201cLet\u2019s Go Jet Glo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bands have found mixing punk guitars with sweet, soulful harmonies and melodies to be fertile territory since the \u201860s, but <i>Cause a Scene<\/i> reminds the world how fresh and satisfying those sounds can still be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby Shakes bring renewed vigor and focus to their spiked-sugar attack with their fourth album, <i>Cause a Scene<\/i>. 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