The D4 - 6Twenty

The D4 – 6Twenty

This New Zealand gang delivers the goods with singalong punk’n’roll with roots in NY 70’s punk like the Heartbreakers (they even cover “Pirate Love”). Fast and hard, there is even a Devil Dogs-tinge to the tunes, though I like D4’s songwriting considerably better. “Get Loose” with the chorus of “get out, get up, get loose!” is a monster! (And, according to Wikipedia, it has been featured on a Bacardi Rum commercial!)

Despite being pretty straight-forward punk’n’roll overall, there is definitely variety here. A lot of the songs are relatively simplistic (nothing wrong with that!), but the “Exit to the City” has some really rockin’ lead guitar wah-wah work and even more sing-a-long portions and “Heartbreaker” is a little slower, but still very heavy and some more great guitar work – almost Hellacopters-ish (which is high praise indeed coming from me!).

Another stylistic switch comes with “Ladies Man”, which is basically a 60’s garage tune – complete with farfisa-sounding keyboards and temeloed guitar! “Little Baby” turns up the garage to 11 by stealing from the Del-Vetts incredible “Last Time Around”, cementing once again the link between 60’s and 70’s punk rock!

All in all, a damn fine r’n’r record! This is a few years old so you might already have it, but if ya don’t – go get it!