Hayley and the Crushers

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One part pop, one part poison, all “poolside glitter punk,” CA-to-Detroit transplants Hayley and the Crushers offer up a tsunami of bold, bad girl power. Anointed as “the naked embodiment of power pop punk” by New Wave icon Josie Cotton (who signed the band to her Kitten Robot Records in 2021), the Crushers have skipped the pupa stage in favor of a more dramatic comic book-style metamorphosis. Enter: Modern Adult Kicks (out 9/13/22), their most ambitious and self-possessed album to date. Produced by legendary LA punk producer and ex-Screamer Paul Roessler (TSOL, Josie Cotton, Richie Ramone), Modern Adult Kicks rollercoasters through The Crusherverse's quirky underworld with a diary's worth of intrigue. Collecting hooks from track one, Hayley “Crusher” Cain conjures up the electricity of first-car freedom, the woes of suburban isolation and the lurid pleasures of Y2K chat rooms all wrapped in the warm glow of a late night infomercial. While the content here is no doubt “adult,” there's no shortage of kicks to be had, either. Crafted in a post-Covid world, Modern Adult Kicks is exactly what it advertises to be: a more put-together, wisened “big sister” to the band's sunny 2020 release, Vintage Millennial. Like finally be old enough to party with the babysitter, Kicks is a shining example of how growing up can actually rule. In the Crusher's world, growing jaded isn't an option—and there's never a good reason to stop dancing. (Crusherverse, 2022)