Fuzzy – Hurray for Everything – Review

Fuzzy

Hurray for Everything (Catapult)
by Scott Hefflon

After two well-received full-lengths on Seed/Tag/Atlantic (ya gotta love fuckin’ majors and the layers they built around themselves), Fuzzy is back with a 12-song, 35+ minute record dripping with guitar pop, walls of female vocals and harmonies with lyrics ranging from bitter to sweet, from scathing to soothing. As much as I hate to quote bios, theirs hits the nail on the head saying “Fuzzy’s sweetest sound packs a subtle poison that you just won’t find today either in riot grrrl anger or cranky rock diva drivel.”

From the opening guitar bop of “Band of Gold” (named for the ’60s song about being left with nothing but a band of gold, but lyrically ripping a former fair-weather friend for walking away from a friendship for a band of gold), Fuzzy sets the pace and tone for driving guitar rock littered with, well, fuzzy riffs and fills. Slowing down a bit in the middle with the wonderfully lazy “Summer is Gone” and the sadness of “Never Be Replaced,” then later with the touching “Motorcycle,” Fuzzy offsets the peppy pop rock with a few slow dances sure to have you swaying on the sidelines or hugging your partner tight.

Fuzzy deserve their place among Boston luminaries like Juliana Hatfield, Buffalo Tom, The Dambuilders, and so on.
(PO Box 390328 Cambridge, MA 02139 www.catapultrecords.com)