Tickle Me Pink

Tickle Me Pink offer bitter odes to exes fired off in bursts of post-Nirvana blare, accomplished musicianship and Nickelback-worthy pro smarts. Put together with the confidence of veterans, it's hard to believe Madeline is the band's debut. With bassist Johnny Schou found dead the day the album was released, it might be the band's swan song as well. The boys had been together since 2005, self-releasing a full-length and a pair of EPs and opening for such big shots as Social Distortion. Their manifesto is stated with opening cut and lead single "Typical."