4 out of 5

Label: 54′ 40 or Fight!

Produced by: ?

Working man’s rock, deployed with the stalwart thrust of the paycheck-to-paycheck sweaty grind; riffs chipped off the walls of a forever-extending cavern; hoarse-voiced pleas of the toiling class set to a foot-stomping rhythm.  Interiors’ cover art of a silhouetted-man pointing – saluting or accusing? – whilst enclosed in a spartan cube, set against a manila envelope background, is certainly a fitting image for the band’s powerful debut (and only…?) album, being both formal and an image of uprising at the same time.  The band wastes no time knocking off their lo-fi anthems, pretty immediately establishing their blues-dusted, catchy  rock, Chase Duncan’s common-man vocals perfect for inciting a crowd to cheer, drink, and sing along, the earthy production capturing a band in your garage, discovering instruments and inspired to jam.  The compositions are loose but flow with clear concepts in mind, and near every songs finds its way to an infectious moment: a toe-tapping jam or simply a vibe that makes you want to shimmy.  Late in the album, a couple tracks play at more of an indie rock texture, which demystifies the experience somewhat, and when the band drops the distortion, they seemingly only know how to play one song: the quieter tracks all revolve around a very similar sound, even if it’s a great sound.  But, hey, they’ve played through the end of their break period, expressed their woes and worries, and now its time to clock back in and start again.