Californian ‘hulabilly’ outfit The Hula Girls – Shorty Poole (upright bass), Spike Marble (Gretsch guitar), Gary Brandin (steel guitar) and Doug Sanborn (drums) – have been bringing an attractive mix of instrumental surf, rockabilly and exotica to the stages for over fifteen years. Their Hibiscus Hula tune made it to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse soundtrack, but with this new 45 they prove once again that they can also score with more mature titles such as Tabou and Zombie Stomp. The former is an understated popcorn grinder, the latter is an uptempo and infectious floor filler. Oh boy!
Tabou b/w Zombie Stomp is out now digitally and on ‘leopard’ colored 7″ vinyl through Hi-Tide Recordings.