"The Creations of Elizabeth City, North Carolina", declares the label on this record. As mysterious as I'd like this nugget to be, the entire EP (yes, 4 songs, 33rpm) is interspersed with narrative from this teenage garage group's front man (Bobby Sutton), who proudly and energetically introduces each song with tidbits of info. This would be perhaps odd and off-putting if the record weren't a live recording done in a bed room. A set-up like this is something immediately identifiable to me and, i'm sure, many other aspiring and formerly aspiring musicians. The energy from this lo-fi, no-nonsense recording is a kind you can only get from teenagers playing in what is surely their own favorite band. Cheap organ, barking guitar, lazy bluesy rhythms...it's all anyone could want from a band coming up around the same time as The Sonics, 13th Floor Elevators, and The Pretty Things.
Damnload it
- Mikey
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