The Coffin Lids
"'Round Midnight" CD
Bomp! Records
Genre: garage rock
Bomp! Records
PO Box 7112
Burbank CA 91510
May 2006 |
Bomp! continues their tradition of reviving good ol' garage rock with
The Coffin Lids' fourteen song sophomore album (Indieville
reviewed their debut quite favourably awhile ago), and this time they
forge another blast from the past - Farfisas and all. Snagging cues
from The Sonics and similar late 60s acts, these guys play
tight, head-bobbing anthems and do everything right. So the formula
doesn't switch up much over the record's fourteen songs, and this has
all been done before anyway - it's still a damn fun disc if you know
what you're getting into. Sure-fire crowd
pleasers "Teenage Shakedown" and "Tonight You're Going To Die In My
Garage" (great title!) swap with a supporting cast of solid rockers,
including "I'm Going To Have My Way (With The 5,6,7,8's)," a notable
tribute to the famous Japanese all-girl group. And if that hasn't sold
you yet, hey, it's better than watching Paris Hilton in House of
Wax.
MP3s (from bomp.com):
I'm Going To Have My
Way (With The 5,6,7,8's)
83%
Fun Fact: A rarity
these days, The Coffin Lids scored their Bomp record deal by
sending the label a home-recorded 8-track deal. That very same demo
became their debut release for the imprint, 2004's Rock 'N' Roll.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 14 tracks, distributed by
the label, released 2005] |
