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Turpentine
Brothers: We Don't Care about Your Good Times
Chaz Music Rule #1: If the album youre listening to reminds you of a twisted 50s teen dance party, keep listening, cause man, its probably gonna be pretty damn good. Rock n Roll is still being reborn from smoking ashes everyday. Well, maybe not everyday, but it seems to pick its geriatric self up off the toilet every now and then, and smoke another one out. The brothers Turpentine offer us up twelve tracks of loose, shakin, swamp boogie. One for each can sittin here next to me perfect. A pocketful of change gets you in the door, the punch is spiked and the chucks are dancin, so bring your best gal or guy along and dont stop til the sun comes around. We Dont Care about Your Good Times (already the defending heavyweight of this years best album title) is the debut album from this sleazy Boston trio. It moves you in every way possible; its a complete, awkward dance party all the way through, with downright boogie rock and slow eye-searchin songs. Think Greg Cartwright (and his many band incarnations Oblivians/Reigning Sound/etc.), the Gun Club and the Cramps, and youre warming up to their sound. One of the things that these four bands have in common is their obvious love for old soul, gospel and lost basement rock 45s. Were all music nerds here, right? The Turpentines have that good down-home, soulful garage blues thing happening (like Mr. Cartwright), a swingin, slimy dance beat (a la the Gun Club) and the assertive, darkly reverbed vocals akin to Lux Interior himself. The guitar of Mr. Hubbard snakes thickly underneath more reverb and fuzz, while Mr. Brines organ warbles jumpin and spittin out of a Leslie cabinet. Drum knockout Tara McManus (also of Mr. Airplane Man) steadies the boat with her heavy-bottomed beat. Altogether, its a good scummy mess of an old rock sound. Three quarters of the album is all originals, while the remaining quarter gives you an idea of where theyre coming from Curtis Mayfields Fool for You, Charles Browns I Wanna Be Close and Holland, Dozier, Hollands Loves Gone Bad. The twist, however, is that they are all personalized and sound like theyre being shoved out of an old, finicky blown speaker jukebox. If you can find it, listen to the track Why Cant I Do; its a beautifully slow one but is easily one of the albums best. This album is definitely worth the buy if you need to add a little swing to your step.
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