It’s a pretty fun thing when a band can weave in and out of genres over the course of their career, but a really uniquely fun thing when a band can do it during a single song, let alone every song on an album (at the risk of becoming unrecognizable). Brooklyn sextet The Graveyard Kids released their second full-length, “II,” last November, and the sextet is only growing more promising with time, traversing the outer limits of rock-n-roll, and incorporating everything you know they’ve listened to a thousand times over from surf rock to reggae-pop to du-wop to punk and metal to bluesy dream-pop. The sounds and styles flow or jolt, meld or deflect, all keeping you on your toes and jostling your ears’ emotions in the best way possible. How often does one hear 90’s sludge guitar playing rhythm for a surf rock hook? Check them out on Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen’s new compilation, along with a ton of other great bands, here! – JP Basileo
