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Mark my words, friends. In the future, Stephen Malkmus and Lou Barlow will be hoisted onto Ray Davies' pedestal, thus announcing both the apocalypse and the emergence of indie rock as retro fare. Look no further than The Spinto Band for proof. "Did I Tell You," the first track on the sextet's highly enjoyable new album, Nice And Nicely Done, opens with a Terror Twilight-era Pavement, tape-eaten harpsichord scale, while "Trust Vs. Mistrust" reconciles Malkmus' wordplay with Dinosaur Jr. sans the wall of noise. And so it goes with the rest of Nice's ten (plus bonus) tracks. Yet, just as many artists have made lasting careers out of hero worship, The Spinto Band manage to assemble their influences into something new. The relentlessly gorgeous "Oh Mandy" fuses an oh-so-serious chord progression with wispy vocals and a new wave mandolin hook; the result is such that the band leapfrogs indie rock altogether, finding enough pure pop territory to make indie stalwarts shudder. The Spintos' songwriting and musicianship belie their 19-22 age range. And though the boys often reference the past, much of the record lands firmly in the old-as-new-wave present, as on the aforementioned "Did I Tell You," where organ and drums follow a lo-fi intro and proceed to kick out a groove that's more Hot Hot Heat than Sebadoh. Still, The Spinto Band would seem to represent a new cohort that's destined to forcibly transition J. Mascis and Malkmus from mere indie idols to true rock icons. Get ready, Rhino, the sales might be slimmer for indie nostalgia, but the reverence will be Kinks worthy.
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