Pat wrote on the cover of this tape: kinda like The Dils - good - so I was understandably excited to dive in. THE WINGNUTS don't sound like THE DILS. Instead, the trio delivers infectious, dark, almost-indie punk (before 'indie punk' as its own thing was a....thing). The guitars have a nice Joe Jack Talcum twang, and the vocals are just awkward enough, there's an occasional underlying surf vibe...but the songs are the thing, because the songs are great. And weird. They don't just not sound like THE DILS, they don't really sound like anything except THE WINGNUTS - a 1990s band from the Bay Area.
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