Wanna put a smile on your face?
Listen to “Slack,” the opening track
of Mike Daly & the Planets’ sopho-
more LP, “All It Takes Is One.”
For more than for 30 years, Daly
has written fun songs with clever
wordplay, but “Slack” may have
topped them all with a Beatles-
meets-Redd Kross sense of power
-pop complete with entertainingly
endearing backing harmonies by
guitarist John Reynolds, bassist
Jim Van Sickle and drummer Jim
Smith. Daly hysterically explains
how he once had ambition but
hopes he never gets it back. In-
stead, he’d rather “slack.” The fun
rhymes on this song fill me with
joy and that, in large part, is what
music should be all about.
I also really love the cut-out end-
ing, which, of course, Nirvana used
effectively throughout their all-
too-brief recording career. “Slack”
is the Makin Waves Song of the
Week at Asburymusic.com, as well
as on Spotify and YouTube playl-
ists. The album also contains:
• “Come Along,” a journey
down the rabbit hole into the
Watch a video for “Slack” by Mike Daly & The Planets
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