Thursday night at the Lower East Side hotspot, Pianos, was filled to the gills with a rowdy audience anticipating an even more energetic band, The Click Clack Boom. The trio combines New Wave vocals, throwback rock cadences, dancey grooves, and punk paces, pushed forward by spastic outbursts and animated stage presence. Mostly unreleased material, set list selections included frantic and grungy “10:24,” counter-intuitively upbeat “Cryptic Condition,” echoing and impassioned “Tow the Line,” calypso-inspired “ZKBK, freewheeling rock track, “Ghosts” from the band’s debut album, “Howling,” brand new “Plastic Dolls,” and ominous, bassy closer, “Lighter.” The Click Clack Boom’s quirky, crowd-pleasing, and zealous demeanor, and fashionably disheveled appearance epitomize the characteristics of Brooklynite artists, reaffirming their recognizable and well-earned upswing as a prime NYC band. – Meijin Bruttomesso
