This is the debut EP from this powerful Canadian quintet. The Gnarly Ones' aesthetic suggests a metal or punk influence, but this is pretty straight surf, maybe with a mean face on. They've even got a ballad in there with "Pontiac Sunfire", though the rest are loud, pounding, and dangerous. It's very well produced, sounds great when you turn it up, and the saxophone definitelty adds but doesn't overpower.
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While I may have made release writeups for most of these (which is kind of blowing my mind right now), it's really cool to see a huge list to get a good picture of just how alive instro rock&roll still is today. So here's what I was able to dig up. I'm sure I've missed a few, please point them out. There's no meaningfulness to the order, and articles that aren't linked didn't get a writeup (no meaningfulness there either, sometimes I just didn't get around to it).
LPsWhich I'm (generously) defining as 6 songs or more unless the band explicitly calls it an EP
Went to a record show this weekend and picked up some pretty great 45s (plus The Trashmen's Surfin' Bird LP for $2!). So you'll definitely get to hear some of those, as well as some new stuff by Los Freneticos, Black Flamingos, Kingargoolas and more.
This one has actually been floating around as a vinyl and CD release for a few months now, but it wasn't clear to me where your average internet-surfin' joe could get it. That answer is now free on bandcamp.
Los Freneticos' previous LP "El Playa" was a great little surf album with plenty of nice tunes, but I didn't see a hint that they were heading towards something as ambitious as this. The description on their bandcamp page calls this "a lesson that reviews the A to Z of contemporary surf rock sound" (translated) and they certainly do make an effort towards that. I believe Los Freneticos are a quintet, but they frequently stretch out a bit further than that with an extensive cast of guest musicians playing flamenco, pedal steel, trumpets etc.
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