Rick McLean’s band embodies the essence of garage rock: a guitar/bass/drums three-piece, fuzzed out amps, ironic lyrics and an irreverent sonic attack. With Rick McLean out front on guitar and vocals, Mike McLean on drums, and Pete Biasi on bass, the trio channels 1960s proto-punk, psychedelic surf and spoofy country, all with a Pogues-like sensibility: sloppy, in a good way. Rick McLean’s often humorous lyrics examine the mundane absurdities of post- modern life. The band’s most recent album, From the Junk Drawer, with its sometimes trance-like repetition, explores the dark ludicrousness of living in a media-saturated world. A new record is in the works for later in 2025.