Download: Irontom, ‘I’m Better’
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Irontom have always looked like the skater kids down the block, and not the dangerous ones. That is, until you put a microphone in Harry Hayes’ hands and musical instruments at the disposal of bandmates Zach Irons, Daniel Saslow, Dylan Williams and Dane Sandborg. Then all hell breaks loose, with the L.A. quintet unleashing complex riffage and rhythms to back Hayes’ twentysomething taunts. (“What Will Happen to All the Indie Stars,” Hayes wondered on last year’s “Nitro” EP.) Dress ’em in shiny clothes and you might call them glam-metal, but appearance and audaciousness aside, there’s something to Hayes’ admission in “I’m Better,” one of the two new singles the band is offering for download. “I’m better than everyone (whoo hoo hoo hoo),” he repeats, before copping to, “It doesn’t mean I don’t need someone.”
||| Download: “Your Mother” and “I’m Better” in exchange for your email address on Irontom’s website:
||| Live: Irontom play Lobsterfest in San Pedro on Sept. 13 and the Echo on Sept. 18.
||| Previously: “What Will Happen to All the Indie Stars,” “Mind My Halo”
Photo by Isabelle Anderson
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