Ladyfinger - EP

I believe Ladyfinger have put together a 4-song EP of what the hip kids these days would call "dance rock." While I don't believe the band conciously attempted to achieve danceability through their debut disc, they did it nonetheless. And I'm not talking hippie dancing; I'm not talking some bullshit you'd do at a middle school dance when some Chubby Checkers song comes on; I'm talking about the fact that you're tapping your foot, bobbing your head, and then all the sudden your shoulders start to sway, and for those of you who let yourselves be into the music - you just start having rock convulsions. The kitschy keyboards you'd expect from something with that description are not present here. This is bass, drums, and guitar blended just right with melodic yet sometimes yelping vocals. The drawback of an EP is that you don't get much material out of a band. The benefit is that the room to fuck things up decreases exponentially. "Too Cool For School" takes you right into "Old News," and before you know it, you're finishing up "Diet Smoke" before you know what hit you. It's fun; it's rock, and it's short. [www.ladyfingersucks.com]