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Review: The Pharmacy - Dig Your Grave 7"

By Zach Braun

The Pharmacy have been kicking around the Seattle area for damn near a decade now, and I'm ashamed to say I've never checked 'em out. Bobby Hussy's Kind Turkey label has released nothing but jams by the likes of Two Tears and Wheels On Fire over the past few years, so with that kinda co-sign it's worth checking out, right?! The title track of this four-song EP is in the running for the best pop tune released in 2012 so far, melding the dramatic, spazzy art-punk of the early 90s (or the funhouse psychedelia of Crystal Antlers to be more current) with straightforward power-pop chops.

You can really tell these dudes have been around awhile, displaying a tightness not often seen from bands of this ilk, building the A-side around tense dance beats and the jazzy keyboard work of Stefan Rubicz. On the flip, there's a mellow late-night instrumental called "Lazy Bones" and "Burn All Your Bridges," a silly folk track that sounds as fun as it must have been to record. Wait, what? The Pharmacy run through more styles in less than ten minutes than most bands can muster over a single album, and they pack it with enough hooks to make sure you'll be spinning Dig Your Grave over and over again.

Pick up a copy of the record from Kind Turkey Records, make sure to see the Pharmacy on their massive US tour starting on February 9th in Portland, and check out the mind-bending video for "Dig Your Grave" above!

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