Kevin Bronson on April 4th, 2014

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The new single from L.A.-via-Ireland trio the Rebel Light harks back to the days of bowl cuts and bell bottoms. The trio – brothers Alan and Jarrett Steil and their cousin Brandon Cooke, who initially went by the band name Suddyn – dove headlong into explorations of the sunny ’60s with a self-titled EP released last year and followed it up with the “Jukebox Dream” single. Many retro-poppers are fixated these days on the garage-rock ’60s, but with their “bah-bah-bah” choruses and chiming harmonies, the Rebel Light have pronounced themselves much more “American Bandstand”-ready. Cut me a 45 rpm piece of vinyl so I can scratch it up a little bit, OK?

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