By: Liz Levine
Rating: 6/11

The Fieros do shameless pop with structures and vocal harmonies so drenched in the sixties that, except for their modern guitar licks, one could easily believe they were of that era. They combine that formula The Kinks and Beatles mastered so well with some wicked guitar soloing that temporarily lifts their songs from standard, breezy fun. Throughout, they succeed at being catchy as hell, easily digested verses leading into real payoff choruses that are big, bright, and pleasing; it’s quite easy to dive into a track right away and bop along in full pop abandon. Current rock outfits like Jet or The Strokes come to mind, and The Fieros do share a bit of that drunken edge, but they stay much closer to the featured decade of yore than the others. Indeed, their cited influences are almost entirely classic acts, and this fact is not surprising in the least.