New York Dolls "'Cause I Sez So" (Rocktober 2025) COLOR:RED maybe it wasn’t

maybe it wasn’t

" After relocating from Nashville to Los Angeles just before the pandemic

with Consequence of Sound hailing the music as "glorious" and Pastelaudingits "South-Central Americana-meets-Laurel Canyon vibe

there is something less frenetic about the music here that speaks to broader artistic influences and a more mature level of songwriting

New York Dolls "'Cause I Sez So" (Rocktober 2025) COLOR:RED maybe it wasn’tAmerican standard bearers for glam rock and important precursors to punk rock, The New York Dolls reunited (at the personal request of longtime fan Morrissey) nearly three decades after their early 1970s heyday. Original Dolls David Johansen and Syl Sylvain still have all the sass and swagger of their prime on CAUSE I SEZ SO. Todd Rundgren had helmed the band's debut and returns in the same capacity for this 2009 Atco album, helping the quintet push