Honey Bucket and The Staches
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Over the past two years, the Southern California lo-fi empire known as Burger Records has worked hard to expand beyond their Orange County capital. Most notably, the label opened a pop-up shop in Tokyo signing a slew of bands, but they also pushed hard on enlisting several likeminded European bands such as Fat White Family (London), La Femme (Biarritz, France), and the Staches (Geneva). Coming from the multilingual country of Switzerland, the Staches' frontwoman Lise Sutter sings in English, and on the group's' most recent EP (simply titled EP III) the band ranges from the garage-rock mold of Melted-era Ty Segall to a distortion-soaked Courtney Barnett with oscillating laser-beam synths. This group is by no means reinventing the wheel, but they're a lot of fun. CAMERON CROWELL