6Twenty by The D4

6Twenty, the 2001 album from Auckland's the D4, is garage rock with the fuzz knob stuck on full, released at home on Flying Nun Records. Dion Palmer and Jimmy Christmas, both singing and both playing guitar, built the band around a stack of songs in late 1998, and they learned their trade the sweaty way: the Frisbee Leisure Lounge parties along Symonds Street, then the city's pubs.

It shows. These songs don't loiter; they bash out a riff, holler the chorus and get off the stage. "Get Loose" is the pick of the lot, a hip-shaking stomp that lives up to its name. The record followed the band's self-titled release, and Out of My Head came next.

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