Name: The Bodhi Collection
Brand: Vaguess

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

lyn004lp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-08-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

858458005159

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Total Cap

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

Artist

Vaguess

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Sinderlyn

Vaguess (pronounced 'Vegas') is the moniker of rock and roll nobody Vinny Vaguess. It's a band that's bound to elicit a lot of those "Crossed With" declarations. Like, "Man, they sound like The Seeds...crossed with The Reatards," or "Dude, they're basically The Mummies...crossed with The Vibrators," but let's just put all that bullshit to bed and get down to why Vinny Vaguess' songs have people reaching for their garage rock thesauruses. Since self-releasing a cassette called 'Back Off Warchild' in 2012 (complete with a killer Xeroxed Swayze on the cover) and playing a triple- digit number of shows around the greater Los Angeles area, Vaguess has tapped into punk rock at it's most elemental: fiery riffs, wiry attitude, and raw power with a prankster's sneer. Even underneath the muffling hum of a Tascam four-track recorder, the rhythm section is a rolling thunderhead and the firecracker riffs smoke. 'The Bodhi Collection' compiles the snottiest, loudest gems from Vinny's cassettes, all perversely remastered so that we don't get sued for frying your stereo. Even though these two-minute nuggets are caked with bonehead 'tude and crackling distortion, Vinny's no slouch when it comes to songwriting and recording. The wobbly synthesizers on 'My Dead Friends' recall Lyres and Lost Sounds or maybe ? and the Mysterians, while the quite lovely slide guitar in the chaos of '(You're) Only Happy When You Bleed' is straight off a Davie Allan and the Arrows LP. Slammed to tape in overnight sessions at the warehouse where Vinny works, these twenty dispatches from the Los Angeles underground are chock full of piss (really, there's a song called 'Sinkpisser') and lighter fluid. Strike the match!

The Bodhi Collection

Music GB