Exclamation point!
TGIF, robots, am I right? It's Miller time. High fives all around.
God only knows why I started thinking about this (a long commute makes you do the damndest things), but the other day, I began wondering what punctuation marks different bands would represent. The Clash, who questioned authority while making flat-out rock songs, would be "?!". R.E.M., who like emphasis but take a while to get there? "...!". The Beatles, who had a ridiculous amount of confidence even when producing crap like "Revolution 9"? A period. As in, take it or leave it, suckers. (Insert Chik Chik Chik and Interrobang jokes here.)
Darlings are from New York, and they are an exclamation point. These are short, fuzzy little rock songs in the Ramones mold, from a parallel universe in which the Strokes released the Darlings record instead of First Impressions Of Earth. "If This Is Love" is the last track from Darlings' new album Yeah I Know, and it's a good time, pure and simple.
You can get Yeah I Know from the good folks at Insound, who say you get the "CD+Zine" for 10.99. A zine!