Bullseye's S/T debut LP on ever/never has been popping up on my follower's purchase feed a lot lately and for good reason. This is rock n' roll that asks us to, according to the Bandcamp notes, "imagine if Gene Clark never made it to L.A.Β Β Instead, he held it together in the Midwest and made beer-sipping music for a bunch of ham-and-eggers who donβt know theyβre about to hit the skids as the belt begins to rust. Bullseye conjures such a reality."
Bullseye is a New York band whose two prior Bandcamp offerings trend closer to Guided By Voices than Gene Clark/The Byrds. In fact, we get a clear idea of the band's evolution through listening to an early, under-a-minute version of "Dangers Of The Heart".
But, Nate K (WFMU) notes on the release page, "The NYC-via-Minnesota quartet craft flawless, roots-tinged jangle-pop that recalls not only the aforementioned Clark and all the other Byrds, too, but a few other legendary βBβ bands: Big Star, Buffalo Springfield, Blue Ash, gBv. And while certainly not sonically aligned, letβs throw in the Beat Happening, at least as far as Bullseyeβs similarly admirable commitment to a burgeoning new DIY-pop underground is concerned."