Artist : Greg Antista & The Lonely Streets
Album : Shake, Stomp and Stumble
Year : 2019
Genre : Rock
Source : CD
Label : Primal Beat Records
Catalog :
Rls.Date : 2019-05-02
Encoder : FLAC 1.3.1
Quality : 44.1kHz, 2 channels
Size : 247.6MB
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1. Shiver 3:03
2. Good Night Ramona 3:04
3. Nasty Weather 4:08
4. U-Haul 3:21
5. Beat Down And Broken 3:49
6. They Killed Lily Bell 3:08
7. Forever 3:40
8. Carmelita 3:32
9. Finally Say Goodbye 3:10
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30:55
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Statement of the obvious: Three-minute pop punk songs (mostly) donÆt get old.
ôShake, Stomp & Stumbleö - the debut album for Californian Greg Antista and
his Lonely Streets - is littered with them.
This is a record of its SoCal birthplace. Orange County local Antista grew up
in the 1980s with most members of The Adolescents, Agent Orange, Social
Distortion and Middle Class as his buddies. He recorded and toured two albums
with the band Joyride with Steve Soto (The Adolescents) in the early æ90s.
ôShake, Stomp & Stumbleö wears all those influences on its sleeve. ItÆs a
little punk, a lot pop and all of it smeared with large dollops of country
and Americana. Antista has an emotive vocal with a touch of melancholy to it
- when needed. Not a bad attribute if you're dipping your toe into country
waters. Johnny Cash was a punk rocker, you know.
They've been together for about a year but The Lonely Streets have
collectively been around the block a few times. Bassist Warren Renfrow is a
founding member of Final Conflict, the funny concept band Manic Hispanic and
Cadillac Tramps. Jessica Kaczmarek is no slouch on GRetsch.
Earwigs rule the roost on "Shake, Stomp and Stumble" and there's no shortage
of melodies: The rollicking ôGoodnight Ramonaö is more infectious than
stupidity in a group of anti-vaxxers. The twanging licks of ôThey Killed Lily
Bellö and the shuffling ôForeverö - an ode to an hour on-stage that's brimful
of love for Antista's fellow men and women - are hard to shake from the
memory bank.
ôNasty Weatherö is a pop-rocker that sounds like Cheap Trick without the
glossy production affectations. Elsewhere, Antista cites The Clash as an
influence, and you could think of his band as a lite version with Joe Ely
along for the ride.
Production is slick with an ear to radio play. I could have done with a few
more rough edges but, on balance, Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets are a
good way to spend 40 minutes.