Devon Welsh

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+COLAFrom their inception Cola have expanded on the d.i.y. ethic of the Dischord and SST eras, creating potent sounds from a minimal palette of drums/bass/guitar and lacing their songs with winsome one-liners and societal commentary. Whats another word for commentary? Gloss, apparently. Never basic, the lyrics reward repeated listening for deeper meanings. David Bermans poetry-via-garage light pennings are an inspiration, as equally so are the lighter side of UK first-wave New Wave and the Dunedin sound. The results are in the pudding: at times sparse and poetic, at others a thrilling, hook-laden good time, as with the cheeky romantic sketch of a one-night stand that is so overflowing with innuendo-cum-journalism talk that it almost teeters over into self-parody. Its an album bursting with energy and wit and ideasfilled to the margins.