Kevin Bronson on January 3rd, 2013

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Is it still fashionable to refer to guitars as “crunchy?” Is it still fashionable to make crunchy power-pop? Thorcraft Cobra is doing it, and anybody who rekindled a romance with guitar-driven pop by latching on to Redd Kross’ 2012 album would do well to check out the L.A. duo’s full-length debut “Count It In” (out next week). It’s the handiwork of Billy Zimmer, the Canadian who arrived in L.A. over a decade ago with the beloved Calgary power-poppers Brown Eyed Susans, and Tammy Glover, who for the past decade has drummed for the legendary Sparks. “Count It In” is worthy of those lineages – big hooks, sharp lyrics and arm’s-length nods to their British Invasion and Paisley Underground influences. Indeed, Russell Mael of Sparks guests on “Party Clock” (a single from last year’s EP that earned the band some radio play), and the album also features contributions from Redd Kross bassist Steven McDonald and Sabrosa Purr’s Will Love and Mahsa Zargaran.

||| Stream: “Count Me Out” and “Another Day”