When has enough time passed that it’s appropriate to reminisce about an era of music, to create music in tribute of it, and to declare a “revival” when a collective group of people want to do so? The answer is, probably, when the kids who listened to that music through their youth have grown up enough to start their own bands. And so, while it seems strange and maybe a little too soon to herald an era of post-punk-revival-revival, consider this: The Strokes’ Is This It came out more than 14 years ago. Karen O, Julian Casablancas, Pete Doherty, and the guys from Interpol are in their late thirties or even early forties, and have somehow transitioned from the unlikely, brash twenty-somethings who disrupted the scene to respected elder statesmen of the alternative music world.

Now it’s time for the once-preteens who idolized these bands to take on where their musical predecessors left off. This is where Bushwick, Brooklyn’s The Britanys come in. They aren’t shy about their influences; drummer Steele Kratt name drops The Strokes, The Libertines, The Hives, and The Vines, along with sixties garage pop, in an interview. “It’s What It Is” is a recent single from the band via Lolipop Records that shows the effect of those influences. It’s laid-back, garagey post-punk with bratty vocals that definitely recall those early-aughts alternative bands. Minimally produced and endearingly messy, there’s something about “It’s What It Is” that is so distinctly New York. And it’s hard to know exactly why, though maybe it’s because it sounds so cool without really even trying to.

Watch out for a longer release from The Britanys on Lolipop Records coming soon.