Before the three-chord wonders so radically changed the musical soundscape in 1976, this is what punk rock used to sound like.
Here, if I'm not very much mistaken, we have urban blues as expressed by three bored youths from a small town who have energy to burn but not a hope in hell of signing for a major label.
The trio from Asheville, NC were formed by Ryan Anderson (guitar/lead vocals) who has roped in brother Justin on drums and Joey Terry on bass.
Their combined musical talents are rudimentary at best but since when did that matter?
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The half hour's worth of twelve rough'n'ready songs that make up their second album were recorded on analogue cassette tape in a basement. These dirty dozen tunes revel in the lo-fi dynamics; a raw sound embracing scuzzy guitars, basic drums and ragged vocals.
They call it "arena rock" but they're just joshing with us.
Minorcan's website
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