Kevin Bronson on March 8th, 2010

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There’s a certain naiveté that pervades Wounded Lion’s no-frills garage-pop – if I remembered having my first beer, the L.A. quintet’s three-minute blasts, unrepentantly disheveled but undeniably catchy, could easily have been the soundtrack. Whether visiting “Hunan Province,” immortalizing the “Omar Walk” or bellowing in French on “Black Socks,” the music on Wounded Lion’s self-titled debut album (due April 27 on In the Red Records) is the stuff of backyard parties and underground spaces. Smirk accordingly.

||| Download: “Creatures in the Cave” Stream: [audio:http://www.mediafire.com/file/gqofh2jlymm/Wounded Lion_Creatures In The Cave.mp3]

||| Live: Wounded Lion opens for San Francisco quartet the Fresh & Onlys on Saturday night at Spaceland and performs March 26 at the Smell.