EP review: Ultra Q – Get Yourself A Friend

Danger, somewhat famously, is Jakob Armstrong’s middle name. And he certainly could have been playing with fire by following his legendary rock star dad, Green Day​’s Billie Joe Armstrong, into the family business. Walking in your father’s famous footsteps rarely guarantees an easy ride in the rock’n’roll world, but this is no Succession-style attempt at a hostile takeover by trying to outdo Armstrong Senior at what he does best. Instead, Jakob has taken his time to work out his own path and, after dry runs in the punkier Jakob Danger and Mt Eddy, his band has remerged under the Ultra Q name with a whole new indie rock sound. Well… new to them, anyway. Because, while Ultra Q hail from Oakland, California, Get Yourself A Friend sizzles with the sound of the ​’00s ga...

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