Kevin Bronson on January 5th, 2012

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The Lovely Bad Things are so much fun that you’ll want to bottle your sweat for the next time. The young quartet, straight outta La Mirada, fashions undeniably hooky, unfailingly cathartic proto-punk that abides all traditions of garage rock – biting guitar riffs, furious rhythms, shout-sung lyrics and more than enough ’tude go with their tunes. Little surprise, then, that Camron and Brayden Ward, Timothy Hatch and Lauren Curtius have been making noise in the DIY community, and soon the Lovely Bad Things’ scene figures to grow larger. Their recent EP is titled “New Ghost/Old Waves,” a cassette release from Burger Records whose contents will make their way to vinyl via Volcom Entertainment come March. Like some of L.A.’s favorite hell-raisers – the Growlers, Tijuana Panthers and FIDLAR – the Lovely Bad Things revel in the unvarnished glory of the ’60s and ’70s. Not such a bad thing at all.

||| Download: “I Just Want You to Go Away”

||| Live: The Lovely Bad Things play Friday at Chronos (177 Olympic Blvd.) and Saturday at Fenix 5-4 in Whittier. Then, on Jan. 21, they join Tijuana Panthers, Cosmonauts, Death Hymn Number 9, the Ugly Kids and Business Cats for a show at the Glass House in Pomona.

||| Watch: After the jump, check out the video for “Icee Creeps” (yes, pogoing on the bed is involved):