Speaker Speaker

"Seattle trio Speaker Speaker don't screw around with formalities—like any good power-pop band they get right to the crunch, right to the hooks, and right to the melodies that usually stick in your head for hours, if not days. Singer-guitarist Colin McBride, bassist Danny Oleson, and drummer Jasen Samford spike their punch with familiar spirits: the punky thrust of Buzzcocks and early Elvis Costello; the "magnetism of Robin Zander and the charisma