Syncopated and with an addictive forward drive, the latest single by The Pulltops is hypnotically anthemic.
The latest release from Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s endlessly creative alternative rock duo The Pulltops, ‘You Tripped Me Up’ is a song that sounds as rich, engaging, and as intricately built as all songs I’ve come across for the duo. Known for their charged arrangements and loud and bold mixes with gritty guitars and full bass, The Pulltops have delivered yet another anthemic cut that is fiercely their own.
A cut that handles the breaking of trust, ‘You Tripped Me Up’ is brash and flamboyant in its liberty with swooshes and oohs, among other sound effects that give the song its effective 80s flair, right alongside the hypnotizing, syncopated beat that gives the song its unusual and imbalanced gait. The courses, however, are perfectly balanced. Melodic, colorful, and glamorous, the chorus to ‘You Tripped Me Up’ is where The Pulltops really focused their dramatic swooshes, oohs, aahs, and woos, in one of this year’s most engaging and fun hooks thus far.
A truly bold piece that balances a quirky, heavy-footed pace in the verses with enigmatic and edgy choruses, pitting them right alongside the song’s confrontational words and approachable vocals sung in the duo’s distinctive style. Mark Pierret’s drums and Tom Crowell’s guitars are -I’m glad to report- as good as they’ve ever been on ‘You Messed Me Up’.
