A word of caution: anyone claiming December brings no notable drops, is about to be corrected.

Miami-based garage rock trio Jacuzzi Boys return with Too Cold To Tango, their first full-length since 2016. Yet it doesn’t feel like such a long hiatus, as their music was never far away—particularly their first two LPs, No Seasons (2009) and Glazin’ (2011), can still be heard regularly at Add To Wantlist HQ. Anyway, chasing the ragged charm of their favorite records, Danny Gonzalez, Gabriel Alcala, and Diego Monasterios packed up and headed to Memphis, to cut these nine new songs—live, in just two days, warts and all—in the nearly untouched Sam Phillips Recording studio, as pictured in the cover art.

The result is a true snapshot from the heart of rock ’n’ roll, that captures the band in motion: energetic and loose, raw and pure, and wonderfully unvarnished. What really grabs me are the catchy sing-along hooks—irresistible now, and sure to endure.

Too Cold To Tango—produced by Jacuzzi Boys and Bill Skibbe—is out now digitally and on vinyl LP (self-released).

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