Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1.

Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before, Vol 1. is a covers album on which THE WILDHEARTS played a number of songs they revere with their own energy. Packing thick guitar, sharp development and irony-tinged melody into short songs, they vividly repaint the originals in their own style. Even while handling others’ songs, the placement of hooks and the crafting of the choruses have a high density. The varied selections — “Understanding Jane,” “Ice Hockey Hair,” “Possum Kingdom” and “Battleship Chains” — reflect the band’s wide musical roots. Songs like “Geez Louise” and “Carmelita” breathe both love for the originals and the band’s own interpretation too. The roughness of punk, the weight of metal and pop melodic sense collide, generating a distinct explosiveness in each song. Compactly capturing the band’s unstable, appealing personality in the form of covers, it is an exhilarating record.