Walker Kong & The Dangermakers - The Early Years
ARTIST.....: Walker Kong & The Dangermakers
TITLE......: The Early Years
LABEL......: Roll Music
URL........: www.myspace.com/walkerkong
RIP DATE...: Aug-13-2006
STORE DATE.: 000-00-1999
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 59,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Destroyer 03:22
02 - Harvard Sq. Square 03:16
03 - On Tour 03:28
04 - Tiger Beat 03:14
05 - Best Friend's Girl 03:54
06 - Don't Forget The Underground 03:24
07 - Lonely Street 03:34
08 - Do U Want 2 Dance? 04:26
09 - Kiss The Girl 03:56
10 - Goth Kids 02:40
11 - Toga Party 02:07
12 - Ronnie Raygun 02:32
13 - Who Cares About The End Of The World 03:52
(Since My Baby Has Gone)
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43:45 min
Release Notes:
The precociously titled debut album from Walker Kong is an all-out
display of youthful enthusiasm in the form of Modern Lovers-style
rock & roll, the kind of music that shoots straight to the heart,
feet, and booty. The band's lack of experience is noticeable, but
their playing (and more importantly, their singing) is the reason
this record is as fun as it is. Little past their first year
together when this album was recorded, the band had already
surpassed the intentionally amateurish displays bands like the
Shags and Beat Happening made their names with. Jeremy Ackerman
(born Walker Kong) sings about all the traditionally teenage hot
topics (the underground, romantic insecurity, dancing, and making
out) with a Gene Vincent croon that he's not afraid to strain with
an occasional, good-hearted yelp. Even on this nascent recording,
Walker Kong's pop sensibilities were apparent. Not afraid of
experimenting with instruments usually reserved for indulgent
wanking on double live albums (see Chicago), the Dangermakers
incorporated synths, horns, accordions, and odd percussion into
their simple pop arrangements. What's remarkable is that they seem
to intuitively know exactly when to include a certain brass
flourish or Farfisa line to appropriately augment a song. Fun but
not cloying, silly but never irritating, Walker Kong walk the
precarious tight rope between irreverently jovial pop songs and
goofy novelty write-offs with aplomb. (allmusic.com)