"72. No Age “Glitter”
“Glitter” is a pop song. You can hear which words drummer-singer Dean Spunt is singing (not yelling) into his microphone. There’s a longing, universal hook that repeats: “I want you bad underneath my skin.” A guitar solo pops up right where we know it should. There’s its namesake glam back beat. “Glitter” has a blistered shininess we’ve never heard from this L.A. duo who are keeping the idea of punk alive and relevant more than just about anyone nowadays. Because while “Glitter” could’ve been a legitimate alt rock hit when that phrase meant something, No Age have not gone pop. Not at all. After continually exorcising the noise that they broke in on, these two are keeping it punk by keeping their sound moving, shifting, unpredictable. Plus, guitarist Randy Randall’s pedal-pushing squeal is the stuff of Mascis and Thurston and Shields— guitar heroes who know something about turning reckless sound into song. —Ryan Dombal"
“Glitter” is a pop song. You can hear which words drummer-singer Dean Spunt is singing (not yelling) into his microphone. There’s a longing, universal hook that repeats: “I want you bad underneath my skin.” A guitar solo pops up right where we know it should. There’s its namesake glam back beat. “Glitter” has a blistered shininess we’ve never heard from this L.A. duo who are keeping the idea of punk alive and relevant more than just about anyone nowadays. Because while “Glitter” could’ve been a legitimate alt rock hit when that phrase meant something, No Age have not gone pop. Not at all. After continually exorcising the noise that they broke in on, these two are keeping it punk by keeping their sound moving, shifting, unpredictable. Plus, guitarist Randy Randall’s pedal-pushing squeal is the stuff of Mascis and Thurston and Shields— guitar heroes who know something about turning reckless sound into song. —Ryan Dombal"
