Welp, here it goes...
First, I’d like to talk about an album I got on cassette from PAL called “PALS.” The first thing that caught my eye was the artwork. Total De Stijl looking, and I have a soft spot for that kind of stuff. Total art rock. All the songs are great, and I can’t pick a favorite because of that reason; you’ll just have to listen to it.
Something I realized while reading the credits is that it was recorded at this studio called The Electric Company in Akron, Ohio, that I’ve been following for a while now. They do digital stuff, yeah, yeah, yeah, but they have a few tape machines, consoles, vintage compressors, and stuff that really inspire me. So… the more you know… ya know?
I found a funny tag on the bottom of the release page. This album is tagged as “egg punk.” I have never heard of “egg punk” before, so I decided to look into it a bit. There are quite a few releases with that tag. Again, I’m having that feeling like that scene from High Fidelity where Rob and his friends are criticized for being snobs, lol. I feel like eventually I’m going to be made aware of too many “egg punk” bands, and I’ll start sounding like a snob getting caught saying, “Dude, this is so egg punk,” lol.
One release in particular that caught my eye and ear was by Butter Swamp called “Don’t Play This One at the Hallowfest!” An album inspired by Butter Swamp’s favorite holiday ever… Halloween, of course! Duh. All of these are really twirly and strange. It almost reminds me of when YouTube would send me down a rabbit hole of all these demo cassettes from ’80s small-town punk new wave bands that would upload with slideshows of the band when they were younger. Or at least the audio quality reminds me of those times. Not a bad thing in the slightest; I love that stuff.
Weirdly enough, I’m pulling some random information out of my head, but this stuff also reminds me of The Underwear Heads, if anyone is aware of the Underwear Heads lore.
Anyways, I love all the tracks, but one is sticking out to me right now, and that one would be “(s)hell.” I feel like I just bought the level one boss in a Kirby video game for NES or something. When you’re walking around just wanting to enjoy the land you just saved from a dark entity that was trying to take over, lol.
Thank you for the read! And please, don’t go to work tomorrow. Go to a record store, find something weird, bring it home, and rock the fuck out. And… hug a friend and stuff.