The Redettes reincorporate the early Punk-era influences of Sycamore Smith’s past, but it’s a subtle, skillful integration. As the group’s brand new seven-song release shows, The Redettes wouldn’t have been out of place on the Stiff Records roster with its casual resemblance to the “Pub Rock” that shadowed and occasionally intermingled with the Punk movement in ’70s England (think Nick Lowe or early Elvis Costello).
