Sharp Pins- "(I Wanna) Be Your Girl"

Fresh off the buzz of Radio DDR, Sharp Pins’ “I Wanna Be Your Girl” crashes out of the garage with a lo-fi swagger, blending raw, catchy indie rock with a scrappy, human edge that feels like it was recorded on a thrift-store tape deck. Kai Slater’s songwriting shines on this lead track from Balloon Balloon Balloon, weaving banged-up melodies into a sound that’s jarringly unpolished and righteously infectious.

David Walker