Name: Semi Sweet
Brand: Tijuana Panthers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

IL2012

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Colour

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2013-04-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0634457579026

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Total Cap

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

IL2012V

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black

0634457579019

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

Artist

Tijuana Panthers

Genre GB

Garage / Surf / Trash

Label GB

Innovative Leisure

From Long Beach, California, the Tijuana Panthers are a garage band with a difference. On 'Semi-Sweet', they inject high-octane rock 'n' roll sounds with the sun and surf vibes of their hometown. 'Semi-Sweet' is a colourful journey through at least four decades of offbeat music that's straight from the heart. The beach-punk harmonies of 'Tony's Song' recall the relentless energy of The Wipers, while 'Father Figure' left-turns toward the kind of complicated jangle-pop of New Zealand's Verlaines. 'Push Over' is like some kind of Howard DeVoto demo that suddenly splits into a Mickey Baker guitar line, and 'Juvy Jeans' is pure my-daddy-was-a-New-York-Doll teen-punk thrill. Of course, the surf guitar they built their band on is still surging along, and it's on moodier tracks like 'Baby On Board' and 'Forbidden Fruit' that we get an idea of their development, while their reverent cover of Nerves' 'One Way Ticket' joins the dots between the power pop band and their descendants. With 'Semi-Sweet', Tijuana Panthers join Innovative Leisure's eclectic roster, which includes psychedelic garage band The Allah-Las, instrumental hip-hop artist Nosaj Thing, punk outlaw Hanni El-Khatib, and dance-pop sensations Classixx.

Semi Sweet

Music GB