I pretty much know what I like. If it comes from New York, Indiana, South East Asia, or Australia? I’ll like it. No one ever said I was complicated…

But here comes something a little out of my missile range: Lassie. Just a Couple of Dudes from Germany has landed on my radar and it’s really not that far of a stretch, really, because the music is sick. If Nick Normal approves – and he does – than so do I.

That’s how I first discovered them, actually. While searching the interwebs for some LA jams, I fell upon a post of Normal advertising that he was playing with this odd German group named after the dog. Yes! Like the Dawg was there super slick first release that caught me. It’s something that would fit perfectly within my collection, between all those Discontinuous Innovation Inc. tapes.

I don’t know who said we could have another wave of krautrock-inspired music, but it’s here. Between the aforementioned LA scene that’s going on right now, all of the midwest’s glorious Erik Nervous/Liquids/Uranium Clubbers, those fucking wicked synth-punks coming out of Australia, and now Lassie; it’s happening and I’ve got my hazmat suit all dusted off and ready to go.

This tape delivers on the spring-loaded effects and frantic, erratic nature one would seek in this wave of weirdness. A large part of this collection of songs makes me feel like I’m hanging out in the park on a hot day while holding an ice cream cone; I’m dripping with sweat and melted sweets. It’s sticky, that’s for sure. These songs will get stuck in your head and make it bob like clockwork, back and forth.

The songs are part crazed guitar, part 8-bit speedway; a race to the finish to see who’s ‘most cool’. In a couple of days it’ll be spring but I’m already planning my summertime beach music, and Lassie’s new tape is definitely going to be one of the jammers.

born and raised to be depressed

and in the radio they play, “Go West”

Be yourself – but – don’t try to hard

Check out the German outfit for yourself by listening below and buying shit from the band through Bandcamp.