Thursday, November 19, 2009

Easter Monkeys

Add Date: November 24

Artist: Easter Monkeys

Album: Splendor of Sorrows

Label: Smog Veil

Genre: Punk

Comments: Old-school 80s punk (or, "rock 'n' roll in the sense of the Ghoulardi-inspired hybrid that Cleveland is known for") is forefront on the retrospective Splendor of Sorrows by the Easter Monkeys, a group that only lasted three years but seems to have had a great run. It's straightforward noise, with lo-fi recordings and a few unexpected tracks (two-minute pop punk joker "Underpants", "Nailed to the Cross" contains an instrumental middle). Start with tracks 3 and 5.

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