Hundred Plus Club – “Get Away From Me Jack”
The Hundred Plus Boys are at it again. Fresh off a sweet streaming success in their previous single “Gobsmacked,” Buffalo’s post-punk outfit drops their follow-up “Get Away from Me Jack.” HPC’s has featured bright guitars and earworm hooks taking influence from the great acts of 2000s indie rock, but lately things have gotten darker. “Gobsmacked” started down a gothy-er path that’s continued with the rollout of “Get Away from Me Jack.”
On this single, frontman Zain Shirazi’s baritone vocals hide within a heavy bottom half featuring some pounding bass guitar and a drum section that flips between understated live playing and New Order in-your-face “Blue Monday”-styled drum machine, continuing the band’s experimentation with percussive elements. Shirazi’s brooding vocals menacing backing voices compound the feeling of being under a sinister spell, as Zain tries to resist:
“You want people to come to your show … / But I don’t want this love, unless…”
Moody, gloomy, and groovy, HPC doesn’t let the darker tones get in the way of catchy melodies and foot tapping sections throughout the track.The visuals for “Get Away from Me Jack” match the mood of the track, as a violent figure commits themselves to dark arts under the influence of something even darker. Support the dudes on Spotify and explore some of their recent tracks and excellent back catalog. Watch the video below:
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This post was written by Matt Moretti