The Wind-Ups – “(That’s Just My) Dream Girl”

Another dose of power pop out of Dandy Boy. The label’s packed 2025 release schedule has already seen quite a few faves, with new works and debuts on the way, and they deliver one more with the announcement of a third LP from The Wind-Ups. A corroded blast of candy-coated hooks hangs on first single “(That’s Just My) Dream Girl.” The fuzzed aura comes courtesy of the spools of a TASCAM 388, dipping the band’s power pop pounce in a veneer of homespun softness. The song combines classic punk pivots from the Ramones school with the aughts revival, rolling their pining and pouting in some garage grit, like Marked Men, Bare Wires, or Bad Sports. The band’s new album, Confection, is out July 11th from Dandy Boy.

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