Kudzu

KUDZU, the new CD by King Elementary, is a monster of a decidedly different sort. Delirious in the squall that can be generated by the simple interface of two guitars, bass and drums, the album broadsides you with a bracing passion and drums, the album broadsides you with a bracing passion and defiance. Combining elements of neo grunge with classic angst rock, emo, butt-shakin' maximum R&B and a 60s sense of pop melody, the songs lie crouching and then pounce. It's drunk with swaggering, snarly youth, yet on first pass, it sounds, quite honestly, like a band with more years and miles behind them than their ages would suggest.