Album Of The Week: Broncho’s Just Enough Hip to Be Woman

If you delve deep enough, you’d be surprised how artistically and musically weird Oklahoma can get. Psychedelic dream punks The Flaming Lips started out there and The Philbrook Museum of Art, located in Tulsa, is one of the finest museums in the country. There’s also an up-and-coming rock ‘n’ roll act coming through the tumbleweeds to make a name for themselves. Groovy fuzz rockers Broncho have their new album Just Hip Enough to Be Woman currently out, and the fusion of glam and post-punk styles is impeccable. Imagine if T.Rex & The Cars had a baby who started singing like Lou Reed and Ric Ocasek and you’ll have Broncho.

There’s a certain amount of pop within the distorted guitars in this album; one moment you’ll want to shake your hips on the dance floor while another will have you rocking out to a blistering solo. Just Hip Enough to Be Woman sounds like a new wave album without the cheesy synth. It’s pure rock that’s very accessible to the point that you could spin this album either to a bunch of ravers or to a crew of guys in leather jackets doing whiskey shots all night. Sometimes you wonder if a group putting out a new album deserves the hype. Broncho’s new release definitely does.

Sometimes this world doesn’t make sense. It can be mind-boggling, aggravating and blissful all at the same time. To be on the more blissful side of things, open the door and walk into the top tracks off of my Album Of The Week:

The single “Class Historian” is catchy as hell. A simple chorus and rocking riffs are the ingredients to make the track one of the best songs to come out this year. A stone cold bass lick is the backbone in “Kurt,” one of the many headbobbers on the album that makes it kick. Definitely a smooth punk anthem, “Deena” is short, sweet and to the point with the clashing guitars. As you can tell, the guitars dominate Just Hip Enough to Be Woman from front to back. That’s what you have to expect from a rock ‘n’ roll band right?

Broncho will be taking over Great Scott in Allston, Mass., on September 17 with fellow Oklahomans Low Litas. Anyone who loves the sound an electric six-string makes shouldn’t miss this show. While you’re there, grab a copy of Broncho’s new album. It’s ideal for the movers, shakers and the moneymakers.

Broncho’s website: bronchoband.com