Too much cool new shit, that's my favorite luxury problem and it's what the past few weeks had in store, so a C-90 won't suffice this time. That, and also i totally had to add a ten-minute tune to the tracklist because why the fuck not? Dial A for fuzzed-out depravity and general mayhem. B for egg-ish dementia, quirky and forbidden fun and games for the whole family. C for darkness, death and despair. D for some beeps & bloops, followed by hits, hooks and melodies.
Solidly in the power-pop with grungy guitars zone.
Lead singer Eva Hendricks has a very distinctive, did-I-accidentally-play-this-at-45RPM voice that suits the songs, but can take a bit of getting used to.
Split record featuring Big Drill Car covering Cheap Trick's "Surrender" on the A-side, and Chemical People covering the Kiss / Ace Frehley song "Getaway"
1991
Original pressing on yellow vinyl
I love covers. I liked both of these bands and got to meet and interview both of them right around the release of this record. Covering two of my favorite bands too!
THE POSIES
Frosting On The Beater
2018 U.S. 2xLP Reissue
One of the greatest #powerpop albums of the #90s if not all time.
This is one of my Desert Island Discs, and not even Ken Stringfellow’s horrible atrocious behaviour can effect my love for it. There is not one musical misstep, not a single flaw to be found anywhere.
Auer and Stringfellow never reached these heights again. Just one of those lightning in a bottle type albums, but what a bolt it was.
Great find today, maybe I'm late to this party since it looks like they've been around since 2014, but Nasty Rumours are from Switzerland and play some GREAT catchy 70s style punk/power pop kinda like the Briefs (and you all know how obsessed with THEM I am).
I'm super picky about punk, but this Nasty Rumours record 'Bloody Hell What a Pity' from 2022 straight up RIPS all the way THROUGH. Haven't heard the rest of their stuff, that's up next.
Happy New Year's Eve, folks. Have fun, but please be safe.
Superdrag - Sucked Out
Under 3 minutes of snotty-sounding power-pop bliss. But rather than snotty, the lyrics are a really honest (albeit brief) reflection on the business of making art.
@josh heck yeah!! In the Valley of Dying Stars is RIDICULOUS. And of course the others- my tattoo is the hand with the match from the cover of Last Call for Vitriol and boy does it need touching up from over 20 years ago 🤣