A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Artist Royal Bangs

Knoxville’s energetic, synth-flavored funksters Royal Bangs take a decidedly Lower East Side route to late-night lasciviousness on recent sophomore effort Let It Beep, marrying fuzzed-out garage-pop clangor to the gritty dance-floor grind of TV On The Radio. "My Car Is Haunted" is a telling glimpse at Royal Bangs' neon-lit world: clanging cowbell, synth sounds rescued from Invisible Touch-era Genesis, and a glam-rock stomp of a chorus that explodes into nonsensical verses about losing your shit in "the age of lasers." 

Updated 10/30/2009

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