21 October 2011

OBN IIIs- The One and Only

These guys sound like they discovered Back to the Grave and Aussie punk at the same time and had a hell of a party while they tried to channel their influences into a Texas  free-for-all. What a good time this record is- plenty of variety and plenty of hooks to go with the p-time energy.  Singalong choruses! Signature breaks! Collect 'em all! I want to leave for Austin in the morning, where I once fell in love with a girl on the street and as she glided away into the dark Texas night I could see my youth evaporating in her wake.  This record sounds like the moment before she left, when possibility still hung in the air like the cheap lying dream of a better day.

2 comments:

sonny house said...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203633104576622740517824106.html

A shockingly balanced look at the Hunter S. Thompson legacy bonanza from an even more shocking source- the WST- for my money, this guy gets it, especially the closing line

bruce said...

orville is also playing drums in manhunt