The Indie rock credentials of the Chicago-based collective that make up Split Single are unimpeachable. The band are the brainchild of Jason Narducy (Bob Mould’s band, Superchunk, Verbow) and filled out with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on bass, and Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Bob Mould, The Mountain Goats) on drums. Across nearly a dozen tracks, the band bring up some pretty obvious musical comparisons given their resumes, specifically being able to perfectly meld ferocious, teeth-clattering guitars with fantastic, pop hooks and sweet-as-honey melodies. But there are also some nods to Cheap Trick and X throughout. Written and recorded this past year, obviously the global pandemic shaped a lot of the lyrics around this album, but so did the further march rightward by conservative politicians and their...
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