By Henry Lipput
This is rocknroll. It’s a four-piece from Michigan playing both kinds of love songs within an inch of their lives.
SideXSide, the new EP by The Needmores (Lenny Grassa on vocals and guitar, Jason Neckrock on guitar, Jason Bowes on bass, and Eric Klisz on drums) is the follow-up to the debut single “Lookin’” that they gifted to us earlier this year.
And like the best rock and roll there’s both joy and
heartbreak. The title song hits the ground running and the joy is non-stop: “Side
by side/Anytime with you is fine/When you’re zoomin’ round the room/Singin’
that fine tune/Not sure what you sing/But it shoots me to the moon.”
The coin flips for impending heartbreak on “Let It Ride:” ” Three times you left me waitin’/Two times you stood me up/I’m here anticipating time in the sun/Gonna make it happen/It’s gonna take some time/Then I’m gonna let it ride.” (He thinks he's going to be fine when he breaks up with her but it doesn't really work that way.)
