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Drugs and Attics
are a local punk rock act that make music that can be described as brash punk rock with a nice blend of
doo-wop and minor tints of surf rock thrown in to keep things a
little bit more musical at points and I've been following them around
since about last year and they recently just released their debut EP
after getting signed to independent label Creep it Real and I
recently acquired a copy and figure I'd let you guy's know just what
you're getting into when listening to this little group of punks.
So this album is
short....like real short all in all it's 4 songs and about 8 minutes of your day to listen to this record back to front and somehow in all of 4 songs they
managed to express a wide variety of sounds from the decidedly
punkish, “I Got a Bong,” the kind of 50's rock and roll of, “The
Parties Over,” to the Indie jangle rock of, “Don't You See,”
and of course the distortion heavy slow churner of a track, “The
High Life,” you get a surprisingly large amount of variety in
something so short which is actually kind of cool because it seems
like these guy's are very actively trying to be something more than
just a sloppy group of punks making loud music.
Mr. Billy Williams
has a voice that's equal parts rough and gravely as it is
surprisingly soulful and his delivery all throughout this little EP
fleshes each of these songs and shows the largest amount of passion
in, “High Life,” which just carries along quite wonderfully while
also making up about half of the whole EP's run time and is this
hugely full sounding track that really stands out in every great way.
This really is a
cleanly produced selection of tracks that use a variety of interesting
instrumentals from the horns in, “The Parties Over,” and even a
bong in, “I got a Bong,” there's a variety of well put together
tunes that leave you with the feeling that this record is
fucking great.
This EP is an all out assault of killer cuts that
really just kind of leave you wanting to hear more and trust me this
band is well worth hearing more from and if you get the chance their
live show is just spectacular and full of all sorts of other awesomely bad ass tunes that will leave you wondering why they didn't put them out but that said this collection of tunes is just the right blend of tracks they could have put out with each song being the best examples of the sounds they're looking to achieve and performances given that are just flawless and will only continue to feel so listen after listen if you find it at your local record shop FUCKING BUY IT NOW!
5/5
Best: Hight Life
Worst: I Got a Bong
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