Get pumped for PUNK with this one!
THEE SPIVS
Black and White Memories
[Damaged Goods]
Nevermind the Buzzcocks, here's Thee Spivs! This East London trio is
back with their second full-length on Damaged Goods, and they mean
business with that good ol' fashioned punk rock sound circa '77. With
songs telling you to stop watching TV and another about "Flickin' V's,"
this is snotty three-chord garage punk at its finest, complete with an
I-don't-give-a-crap attitude and skinny jeans. There are traces of
pop-punk as well -- opener "We See Red" is straight-up Ramones with
glockenspiels thrown in for good measure; the title track sounds like
something Dan Treacy of Television Personalities would approve of; and
the acoustic ballad "Cowboys and Indians," with its man-child lyrics,
could almost be a tribute to my beloved Tronics. The whole record has an
odd vintage feel with slight traces of Billy Childish, who just happens
to be a label mate. Looks like Thee Spivs have managed to successfully
sum up their feelings of angst throughout an album that clocks in at
just around half an hour.
Black and White Memories is a perfect salve for today's Technicolor lives. [ACo]
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