The Last is a Los Angeles based power pop band formed in the 1970s around three brothers: Joe (guitar + vocals), Mike (vocals), and David Nolte (bass guitar). They released several albums on SST Records and Bomp! Records. The Nolte brothers formed the band in 1976, and the band's sound was influenced by garage rock, surf rock, folk rock and psychedelic rock. After three self-financed singles, the band was signed by Bomp! Records, who issued the debut album L.A. Explosion! in 1979 (described by Trouser Press as "a near-perfect debut"). They reverted to their own Backlash label for second album Look Again (1980), and split up in the mid-1980s. The band were considered a major influence on the psychedelia-influenced LA bands of the mid eighties. The band was reformed in 1988 and signed to SST Records, releasing two albums in 1988 and 1989. The band went on hiatus in 1990, with Joe Nolte feeling "sort of disheartened" after the band's first national US tour (they had previously only played in California). So this is The Last's debut single with two melodic power pop tracks and they could really nail some harmonies that were pretty atypical in early punk. A true classic!!!
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