RIJ001 - The Snazzy Boys - B2 Punk Rock Girls

Miss Chain And The Broken Heels - Common Shell 7"

RIJ005/SJR01 Miss Chain And The Broken Heels - B1 Up All Night

RIJ005/SJR01 Miss Chain And The Broken Heels - A1 Common Shell

RIJ007/BBBP06 The Feeling Of Love - A5 Interracial, OK Judge

RIJ007/BBBP06 Movie Star Junkies - B3 Midnight Train

RIJ007/BBBP06 Movie Star Junkies - B4 Gil Scott-Heroin

RIJ009 Vermillion Sands - A1 Mary

RIJ009 Vermillion Sands - B1 Wake Me When I Die

RIJ009 Vermillion Sands - B2 Would You Kindly Direct Me To Hell?

RIJ008 Alderman Swindell - Loved Me Back 7"

RIJ008 Alderman Swindell - B1 Restraining Order

RIJ008 Alderman Swindell - A1 Loved Me Back

RIJ008 Alderman Swindell - B2 She Don't Mind

RIJ011 Crash Normal "Finger Shower" 10"
I quite enjoyed the first few Crash Normal singles (the debut 7", the Royal EP, the Splash Four split...) but became less and less enthused from the 'Heavy Listening' LP onward. This 10" is the Crash Normal record I've liked the most since those early seven inches. They kick off the A-Side sounding like they're interestingly ripping off an A-Frames tune, and then give you a one-two punch of a song that sounds a hell of a lot like (a more amped and French) Country Teasers ("Bikinies Invaiders") and an actual Country Teasers cover ("Hairy Wine 2") with a really convincing Ben Wallers impression. Their best performance on record in years. B-Side gets more digital, but starts with a lot of promise. The cleverly named "Chrome Cramps" makes you think about the reference without being too obvious and "Stand in the Queue" reminds me of deconstructed Brit-pop (The Fall vs. Pulp or some shit...). They close out with two tracks on the more synthetic side of things, which just really make me want to listen to this A-Side of this again. A solid release from a French band that has to be running on fifteen years of existence now. They lasted through the garage-punk years, the blues-trash boom and even Glue Wave, and have really changed very little throughout. For that I think they deserve some accolades as well. Scum stats: 600 copies, two different sleeves.(RK/Terminal Boredom - Record Reviews Summer 2009)

RIJ011 Crash Normal - B1 ChromeCramps

RIJ014 The Sensibles - A1 Happy

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