splunk splunk sploosh // rock :: blues :: folk :: garage :: punk :: acoustic

Henry's Dress were that rare band for us - a group that we discovered through a demo tape, and then only through the Linton's heroic perseverance in getting a very busy Papa Slumber to listen. Boy, are we glad we finally listened! This EP documents the band's middle period, branching out from their initial interests in Loop-meets-MBV pop heaviness into the more mod/punk sounds that would fuel their later efforts. It's a superb, varied record well worthy of your further investigation.

Anyway you slice it, this record is a smash. Hard-hitting tracks like "Radio One" and "Feathers" are the Dress at their punkiest best. Linton's "A Is For Cribbage" is the Dress at their most mod, coming on like an early Who on a handful of purple hearts - it's possibly our favorite Dress tune! And then of course there's "Sally Wants" and "Three" - a couple of blissed-out fuzzed-out downtempo tracks that beat the space-rockers to the punch by a few solid years.

The band would go even further down the mod/punk route with their subsequent album "Bust 'em Green," but this EP represents a raw, immediate document of a band finding their footing and their own unique sound. And best of all - it still sounds freaking great.


Henry's Dress - Definitely Nothing

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Harlan T. Bobo
Too Much Love (10th Anniversary Edition)
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Goner Records is proud to present a special tenth anniversary edition of the Too Much Love CD from Memphis artist and musician Harlan T. Bobo (Viva L’American Death Ray Music). This reissue also includes a previously unreleased bonus track from the original session.

Featuring backing musicians from members of The Reigning Sound, Fuck, and Viva L’American Death Ray Music, Too Much Love was recorded at Easley McCain Studio. Upon its release, the album was hailed as the best Memphis record of the last five years by the city’s Memphis Flyer.

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Setting Sun

'Blue Motel', taken from "Blue Motel" by Bart & The Bedazzled.

"This is track number one of the new album by the same name. It was recorded in Boyle Heights at Palomino Sound Studios and at least 2/3 of that onto analog tape. The Jangly guitars are courtesy of Wayne Faler (Dream Boys).

We like to fuse 80s sounds with subtle jazz undertones in our chord voicings and a more 60s approach to song structure. Comparisons are made to Prefab Sprout and Cleaners From Venus, and while that is super flattering, the lyrics are pure L.A. noir. It’s a song of regret and redemption, of losing and finding oneself in a city that forgives and forgets. The motel is a place to land, somewhere to hide out while you plot your next move; it's a very west coast story.

I see the protagonist as someone with a checkered past coming to terms with a strange, bewildering present and accepting it. The album had to start here before getting into any other stories."
-Bart Davenport

"Blue Motel" is out on April 27, 2018 on Lovemonk, Légère Recordings (DE-CH-A), and Burger Tapes. Pre-order the album here: https://lovemonk-sl.lnk.to/BDBlueMoon 

Bart & The Bedazzled are: 
Bart Davenport – vocals, guitar 
Jessica Espeleta – bass 
Wayne Faler – lead guitar 
Andres Renteria – drums, percussion, drum machine 

With help from: 
Aaron M. Olson – synthesizer, piano 

Written by Bart Davenport (BMI) 
Produced by Aaron M. Olson

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