On “Move Like A Ghost,” toyGuitar mines isolation for a pop hook

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Jack Dalrymple may be punk rock’s most underrated crooner. Having fronted the likes of One Man Army and Dead To Me, he’s a scene veteran who’s always starting new bands to chase new sounds. His latest act, toyGuitar, is Dalrymple’s best approximation of classic punk and power-pop, and on September 2 Fat Wreck Chords will release the band’s new EP, Move Like A Ghost. Today, The A.V. Club is streaming the EP’s title track, which sees toyGuitar banging through a pop song with garage-rock swagger. In the song, Dalrymple builds a hook out of his own isolation: