POSTCARD ELBA

It’s spring break week here in the midwestern college town that PE is based in, and though our days of storming the beaches of Florida like some horny Normandy are long behind us, some habits die hard. Seasonal habits like cranking tunes that make us feel wild and invincible, at least until the hangover kicks in and the new tattoo we don’t remember getting starts to scab over. “Don’t Turn” by Electric Candlelight is such a song. There’s a deep seated, almost genetic, love of classic rock imbued in every midwesterner, and so a barn burner that sounds like John Fogerty fronting the James Gang has our number in a way that few things ever will. Whenever a band wears their influences so prominently there’s a conversation to be had about authenticity and intent, but when the song in question is this good do we really care? As another band that moved past their own tribute phase once said “It’s only rock n’ roll, but I like it.”