Coming out swinging from the land of overpriced coffee and permanent Williamsburg twilight, Atomic Tom drops Wake Up The Night, a track so polished and stadium-hungry it might just file for U2 citizenship.
It’s got that early-aughts arena rock blood coursing through its veins — and yes, there’s a fat streak of The Killers running down the middle. I mean, c’mon, you could blindfold Brandon Flowers, spin him around three times, and he’d swear this was a b-side off Day & Age.
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But that’s the thing — it doesn’t feel like a copy-paste job. It’s more like a full-throttle tribute ride through the neon-lit alleys of indie rock memory, with Atomic Tom behind the wheel doing 80 and refusing to let you change the aux.
SCORE 7/10
If you’ve got a weakness for glossy indie rock nostalgia delivered with conviction and a straight face, Atomic Tom’s got you covered.
*The song was submitted via SubmitHub. The editorial decision was made independently.
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