It's rompy ... is that a word? I don't know, but it feels like the right word to describe The Chinch Bugs' "Unglued." This is their sophomore effort and the bio promises the 'songs on "Unglued" are sometimes bright, often quirky, even frightening – but ultimately catchy.' That's a lot to live up too, so I wonder as I popped in the disc will they live up to it? Sure enough, it's rompy, which by my definition, embodies those qualities The Chinch Bugs claim. For the most part, it's bounce up and down, good time rock with just a touch of melancholy here are there on some tracks – and I can dig it.

What I truly think is cool about The Chinch Bugs is their musical line-up, which includes your standard guitars, drums, keys, but there's also an oboe and there's nothing quite like some oboe rock. Also, the ratio of women to men in the group is three to one, which is never bad.
"Revenge of the Clone" is a personal favorite on the 12-track disc, with its spooky keyboard part. Also, "Gazongas VI" with its Jonathan Richman vibe is very sassy. I think this disc is going to find its way onto my iPod, where rompy discs I like go to live. NH

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