"Power pop" has become such a catchall category for music that doesn't really stand up and identify itself that the label sounds almost like a dismissal these days. Which works fine when you're dealing with run-of-the-mill product, but it obscures the fact that while power-pop practitioners may be a dime a dozen, the few bands who do it this well are precious.
-- Brad Tyer
Material Issue plays at Goat's Head Soup on Thursday, April 7.
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