Modern Creation (The Whigs) | 3.5/5

SINGAPORE — The Whigs do what precious few modern rock bands are able to achieve: Play ballsy rock ‘n’ roll the way that nature intended it to be played. That means, cool sounds allied to a dynamic backbeat. It’s uncomplicated but it works. Modern Creation continues from where the stellar Enjoy The Company left off as the power trio of Parker Gispert, Julian Dorio and Timothy Deaux break down the golden age of rock into bite-size morsels that even the hipster youth can swallow whole. Take the title track as the perfect example: Built up from the foundation of four-chord progression hook, Modern Creation is a slippery earworm that will bore deep into your consciousness if given the chance. In similar vein, are the intensely raucous You Should Be Able To Feel It, the psychedelic The Particular, the punked-out Friday Night and the stridently fuzzed-up I Couldn’t Lie. A refreshing respite from all the posers out there in the modern rock wasteland — rock ‘n’ roll will never die.