Cause Co-Motion - 'Which Way is Up?' (What's Your Rupture?)

Cause Co-Motion are actually from NYC I think, but from this record you'd think it was Manchester in '78. There's a British twang creeping out from the singer's voice, and the guitars are glassy and bright over the bouncy basslines. I'd almost say these songs are interchangeable, folding up with major key changes. 'Which Way is Up?' asks the question repeatedly but stops in a puff of 45 rpm dust before it's answered. 'Falling Again' on the flip isn't any longer but slightly more 80s-sounding. I always associated this band with noisy stuff like Times New Vikings but there's no sleep in these eyeballs. I think these guys are trying to reinvent the idea of the singles band, and this is certainly a good entry.