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 Post subject: Harlem - Free Drugs
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:15 am 
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Former Tucsonites Harlem are sitting on a pretty crowded bench in Austin, "garage rock" having become the current nom de guerre for anything that sounds "lo-fi," gritty, or as if it were recorded on "druuuugs, man." The trio's not breaking any new lyrical ground on its local debut: The band sings about girls, drugs, and ... well, that's it really. Happily, there's an anxious, stuttering charm to Free Drugs, tightly coiled with punchy, solid songs and memorable hooks. The coulda-been-written-in-1965 bomp of "Caroline" and "Irresistable" are insta-catchy under the band's stripped-down ooh-ahs. "Psychedelic Tits" pays lip service to a girl's magical mammaries, singer Michael Coomers calling them "the color of a rainbow" over a witchy guitar riff, while "Think I'm Thinkin Bout" goes down like polished candy dug from the Cramps' sweaty armpit. "I'm on Drugs," true to its name, is a hit of tempo change and gunky fuzz in less than two minutes, and the "Red Herring" line, "Tell me girl where'd you sleep last night, and don't you lie," catches efficacy with a buzz-saw menace. In 12 songs, Free Drugs manages retro-replication without Harlem sounding confined to a two-car you-know-what.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:41 am 
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i am interested.

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holy shit that description

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:51 am 
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Haven't caught them live yet, but there's a ton of buzz going around town about these guys and the shows they put on.
Will check this out tomorrow.
Thanks John.

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of course i kind of dig this one. but that description is gonna wreck it for me.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:41 pm 
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I'll check it out.

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i love "south of france"
it reminds me of teenager of the year
beyond that...very listenable but nothing is grabbing me too hard

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i'm just not gonna quote anything again.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:03 pm 
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kind of liking this album more now

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