It kinda makes sense that as we get the first new Pulp album in nearly 25 years, we’re treated to a new banger from a band with the same name as one of the Britpop icons’ most underrated songs. Of course we still don’t know if bar italia are named after the Different Class closer or the actual London café or some other thing, and we honestly don’t care. The trio of Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton returns this week with a rousing new indie rock romp called “Cowbella,” and it’s so hot we’re sitting here making out with ourselves over it. “Cowbella” sounds like it’s trying to break up a fight between Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols while filming Dig!, and we can’t help but wonder what it would sound like if the Pixies covered it. Yeah, it fucks like that. Maybe we’ll get clarity on all this when bar italia play Boston’s Paradise Rock Club on November 24, or maybe we won’t. Doesn’t matter.
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