The Dazies
L O V E / J O Y [self-released]
Release party: January 7, 14, 21 and 28 at The Plough & Stars in Cambridge
In just over three songs and eight minutes of your time, Mikey Holland shows the Dazies are more than just the “new project” from a guy in a now-broken-up band we all once loved. The former Mean Creek drummer has mastered the art of garage rock and power pop on the L O V E / J O Y EP, a fuzzy, buzzy, ripper of a record that’s just as good on the second, tenth, and hundredth listen. For his monthlong residency at the Plough & Stars in Cambridge, Holland has assembled one hell of a lineup: CreaturoS (January 7), The Furniture and Philosophical Zombie (January 14), Dirty Bangs (January 21) and Weakened Friends and Courters (January 28).