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REVIEW FROM PURE POP MAGAZINE BASH ON POP by David Bash, 4/99 The band’s name is Sparklejets U.K. and its CD has Japanese writing all over it, but, of course, the band is from Orange County, Calif. This kind of geeky cleverness snakes through the songs on this album. Fans of Redd Kross and Wonderboy will just love this disc for its gutsy musicianship and unabashed fun. Lead singer Michael Simmons raves it up on such tracks as "She’s My Fave" and "Haircut Girl", but it’s the "look at me, I’m so silly" freshness of other lead singer Susan West that really makes this album stand out. You’ve gotta love lines like West’s "I finally worked up the nerve to ask him for a dance, he said cause I was so good in math I didn’t stand a chance." "Surfin’ Monkeys" brings the Shangri-Las into the 90s. The band does some cool covers here, including E.L.O.’s "Above the Clouds" and Big Star’s "Thirteen." And add Sparklejets U.K. to the list of great artists, including Tony Rivers and the Castaways, the Smithereens, Ken Sharp, and Fuzzy, who have covered the Beach Boys’ "Girl Don’t Tell Me"—it is also covered here.