Panel by Landon Chesney from Weird Fantasies issue #1, 1972
Around 2004, I was really into Saturday Looks Good To Me - they were a little ahead of the curve in resurrecting the "girl group sound", and Fred Thomas's clean melodies, wall-of-sound arrangements, and use of chirpy girl vocalists were just what I was looking for at the time. 2004's Every Night is the band's best release, featuring all of the above plus some cut-above lyrics from Thomas, and I think it's one of most underrated albums of the last decade.
Around that time, Saturday Looks Good To Me also released a 3-song EP called Diary, which is where "When You Go Out Tonight" comes from. It's got more of a lo-fi sound to it, and Thomas takes the lead vocal himself (something he was more comfortable doing as time went on), but the song's "classic pop" vibe is what SLGTM was all about. Handclaps, wobbly organ, horns, and a fuzzy harmonica solo make for a surprisingly fleshed-out arrangement for a throwaway song on a tour EP (only 750 copies were printed). It's one of the band's best songs, and it was included on Sound on Sound, a SLGTM b-sides collection that's worth seeking out if you're into the new girl-group bands like Best Coast, Dum Dum Girls, or Pearl Harbor.
"When You Go Out Tonight" by Saturday Looks Good To Me
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