Jacob The Horse sound like they popped into the current era from the dawn of power pop in the 1970s on “The Black Hand.” But this celebratory-sounding song like some odd yet charming fusion of The Guess Who, Kiss, Cheap Trick and Big Star is infused with a working class political consciousness and revolutionary fervor. It’s not often you hear a party song that references The Black Hand, possibly a more than slight nod to the Serbian military society that is credited with the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914 or the organized crime groups in America, it mentions having Communist parties (lower case) and “Dancing and singing ‘bout workers’ rights,” as well as more than passive resistance to the ruling class. Musically it’s something you’d almost expect to hear on classic rock radio where few artists are singing so directly about a proletarian uprising with such joy unless that station plays a lot of The Clash and Billy Bragg. Listen to “The Black Hand” on YouTube and follow Jacob The Horse from Los Angeles at the links provided. The group releases its new album At Least It’s Almost Over on March 20, 2026.
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