Named after a Big Star song and made up of familiar faces from the Detroit rock-’n’-roll underground (members of Sugar Tradition and Fen Fen), Mod Lang arrive with expectations already humming. Their two-song debut 7″ is out now on Just Add Water Records, and honestly, it would’ve landed on my best short-format releases list if I hadn’t already wrapped it up (that one drops Thursday, with Dennis’ list arriving tomorrow).

TV Star kicks things off immediately—immediately immediately. From the first second, it feels like one long, perfectly wired pre-chorus and chorus, stitched together from deep-buried fragments of rock history the band instinctively knows how to recombine. The B-side 3+1 rides a sweet, confident guitar riff and keeps the momentum locked in place.

This has all the ingredients of the next buzz band, and Mod Lang sound fully aware of it—without overplaying their hand.

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