Flyin' the Flannel |
fROMOHIO |
 Mr.
Machinery Operator |
 Live
Totem Pole ep |
 Ragin',
Full-On
Associating music with a place and time
is a pretty common occurrence. This album is strong in that
category. This one brings me back to high school and my buddy's
beat up whatever that early-80s Mustang looking shitbox was
that wasn't really a Mustang and his crap-ass tapedeck. Every
time I was in his car, this album was on. For all I know, it
was actually stuck in there. The good thing is this is a pretty
cool album. Filled with an absolutely insane bass performance
by the one and only Mike Watt, and
an incredible eight-armed stop start drumming clinic that's part
jazz, part math rock, part indie rock swagger. The songs twist
and turn, get quiet, get rocking and then get incredibly technical.
But somehow amongst this crazy show of musicianship and what
amounts to freeform poetry approach to lyricism, they manage
to write engaging songs. |
Musical Connections:
Minutemen
Porno for Pyros
Mike Watt
Whiskeytown
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