Though Black Keys singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach sat in to produce JEFF the Brotherhood’s forthcoming Hypnotic Knights EP, it’s vintage (underlined) Rivers Cuomo whose influence can be felt most throughout the two-and-half-minutes of glee that is “Sixpack.” The distortion, the nursery-rhyme guitar lines, the daisy chains of ooooh and synth, the way Jake Orrall twists his vocals in the pre-chorus — check out one of the Brothers’ most economical and inescapable pop gems.
