The Frights Essentials

The Frights Essentials

One might think a garage band called The Frights would be all about shock tactics and noise terror, but this San Diego crew are far more charming and playful than their horror-themed moniker suggests. Upon debuting in 2013, The Frights fashioned a jangly, reverb-soaked sound that transported Misfits-styled punk to a Midwest prom night circa 1960. But since then, they’ve fortified that scrappy style with more muscular moves: Where 2016’s You Are Going to Hate This bears the grimy fingerprints of producer/FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper, their 2018 Epitaph Records debut, Hypochondriac, veers toward crunchy, Weezer-esque power pop.

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