Seratones, Susan
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Louisiana's Seratones come on like a fever or a hurricane. But ignore the evacuation warnings, because vocalist AJ Haynes is like Karen O meets Sister Rosetta Tharpe. While Seratones' kindred spirits Alabama Shakes play laidback post-modern roadhouse blues, Seratones go for the jugular with garage-y, swampy guitars and a manic White Stripes energy. Their track "Chokin' on Your Spit" is almost a punk tune. "Sun" is reckless and dangerous—Haynes chirps while berating, bawls out while apologizing. The song "Chandelier" struts a soulful, relatively subdued, edge. But don't miss the bridge when the band really loosens up amid drum fills and Haynes' hollering, building to a climax that's less of an ending and more of a mic drop. WILLIAM KENNEDY