Straight from Barcelona and ready to light up your favorite dive bar, meet Night Candies. With members from Fun People, Revanche, Lego, Palladium 86, and Bombas de Amor, the band debuts with a seven-track EP titled Rock’n’roll Fantasies. If you’re gearing up to argue whether this counts as a full-length album, this isn’t the hill to die on. Clocking in at just under 9 minutes, most pressing plants could fit it on a 7”—and here’s hoping they do, because Night Candies’ garage power-pop’n’roll is right up my alley.

Sung in both French and English, this is throwback rock’n’roll at its finest: Joan Jett meets Real Kids with head-bopping, hip-shaking vibes. With tracks like Laisse-Moi, 1981 Again (I Wish It Was), and Bossin’Around, Night Candies waste no time capturing my heart and making an unforgettable first impression.

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