Seraphina Lotkhamnga on April 10th, 2014

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Need something to knock you out of your morning funk and get you into the groove for the weekend instead? Enter Street Joy. The L.A. duo has been making some noise around town with a true-blue sound that recalls two or three different eras of rock ’n’ roll. The third single from singer-guitarist-bassist Jason DeMayo and drummer-singer Scott Zimmerman is the spare but steamy “Same As Me.” With its rattling retro-pop and distorted guitar licks dancing with insistent percussion, it’s another bullet of swagger that is delivered with impressive finesse. From the first snare drum roll to the thrilling buildup for the intoxicating guitar solo in the last quarter of the song, the track is downright slinky. This one belongs on slightly scratchy vinyl, and near the front of the stack.

||| Download: “Same As Me”

||| Live: Street Joy plays Saturday at the Smell.

||| Also: Check out “Laurel Hill” and “Wandering In Your Mind” after the jump.

Photo by Madison Freeman