How To Meet Girls Nerf Herder (Honest Don's/Shock)
BYLINE: DAVID FLAHERTY
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YOU may have already heard music by the Californian nerd-pop outfit Nerf Herder. The geeky four-piece performs the rockin' theme music to the cult television show Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The band's infectious, high-energy brand of pop is a clever blend of the southern Californian punk of the Descendants and a strange retro-pop/new wave combination somewhere between the sound of Weezer and Devo.

Nerf Herder's first single release from the How To Meet Girls album, Courtney, a warped piece of pop-punk wizardry paying tribute to Courtney Love, is enjoying consistent airplay on Triple J as a novelty song. But to dismiss Nerf Herder as a one-hit novelty act would be a mistake.

Highlights of this incredible release include Jonathan, featuring the lyric ``Please God don't let me end up like Jonathan Richman'' , and the anthemic love song about heavy metal, Pantera Fans In Love.