Wow

The current single by British metal revivalists the Darkness, "I Believe In a Thing Called Love," is amazing. It sounds like Kiss, and Queen, and Boston, and all those great overwrought bands from my childhood. (Do I detect some .38 Special?) The singer, Justin Hawkins, squeals in an exciting, crazy falsetto, and he even shrieks "guitar!" before the guitar solo.

This is really fun, ballsy, hilarious, decadent music. It puts all those whiny neopunk/nu metal/emo mopes to shame, and even good rock bands like the White Stripes just may pale in comparison. Let's hear it for fun. I do believe in a thing called love.

You can download it for just $.99 on iTunes. (Yes, Windows people too.)