“Bubblegum, bubblegum, panic attack, there’s a cute boy who likes me back… fiddle my way back home, through the burning streets of Rome”. This latest single from the Vermont clan comes at you with the homoeroticism and sleaze of an indiepop Hunx & His Punx, but where that band give a rough and ragged garage finish to their songs, The Smittens‘ approach is gentler and much more twee (a term they use to describe themselves, so we can put the thesaurus down on this one) although is still relies on the classic influence of doo-wop and girl-group melodies for its initial reference, chucking in the soft hue of 80s pop to add a more unique character.”
