The Netherlands entering the power pop revival was not on my 2026 bingo card, but I am very happy it happened. Especially when it is handled by people who clearly live and breathe the genre.

Plastic Family is a five-piece that excels at making music that sounds lifted from another era while still feeling urgent and alive today. The line-up alone reads like a small underground supergroup: Giles Young (MOOON, The Colour Collection), Fleur Elman (FLEUR, The Colour Collection), Frankie Fuzz (Frankie’s Strange Machine), and Jim Remers (FLEUR, Frankie’s Strange Machine).

Given the personnel, do not expect the scrappier end of power pop. This leans toward the sweeter, radio-friendly side of the 70s. Big hooks, warm harmonies, and songs that feel built for sunlit festival slots. The cover alone could convince a Shindig! subscriber to blind-buy it. I’m no stranger to exaggeration, but them opening for The Lemon Twigs or Uni Boys feels like one of those ideas that’s so obvious you wonder why it hasn’t already happened.

Plastic Family’s debut 7″ is out now on Echo Archive Recordings.

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