Name: No Babies
Brand: No Babies

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utr047v

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Limited edition

Release date

2011-05-02

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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No Babies

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Alternative / Modern

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limited edition red vinyl with glitter and full colour puppet sleeve art. no babies is a five piece friend army from oakland, california. since forming in 2008, they've worked tirelessly to develop a unique 'new punk' sound influenced by jazz, art music and hardcore, not unlike old skull playing schoenberg, while magma heckles from the audience. no babies chooses to eschew the effects-drenched 60s garage cult of worship for an aggressive, hyper-present and harmonically dense sound that is playful as it is relentless. you might run for cover as guitars, saxophones, drums or even whole band members whiz past your head in frantic childlike spasms of terror and joy, or choose to meet the nervous fury head on, and join in the churning bodily mayhem yourself. no babies' 10 song debut lp is entitled 'no babies'! recorded by steve touchstone (kit, xbxrx) and mastered by weasel walter (flying luttenbachers, xbxrx), this record captures the band's frenetic and idiosyncratic compositions perfectly. from the moment the insistent snares and up-and-down rhythms kick in on the opening track 'tanuki', you are keenly aware of sinking into the topsy-turvy parallel world that no babies thoughtfully weave through. their ability to craft tonally and structurally complex songs brimming with cheer pushes them leagues ahead of typical punk rock fare. in no time, you are caught up in the exuberant cavalcade of 'blurred or double-vision' and the herky-jerky stops, starts and stabs of micro-song '196 crayons'. every step of the funeral dirge 'morlocks take manhattan' is steeped in myrrh, until the song collapses into a dense dementia punctuated with pangs of guitar and soaring saxophone. the lovecraftian-inspired 'bells' rumbles from disjointed archipelagos of sound into a rolling machinegun vortex of reeds and percussion. the lyrics, at once abrasive and positive, range from harsh criticism of american imperialism in the hawaiian islands to evoking the exhilaration and unease of childhood and the triumphant power of friendship. this record is a portent of a band with an adept sound and endless potential.

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