Artist.......: The Urges
Album........: Psych Ward
Label........: Off The Hip
Genre........: Beat
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Dec-14-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Read the signs 02:41
02. You're gonna find out 02:12
03. It's ain't right 03:12
04. You don't look so good 03:00
05. Salvaje 02:36
06. The 13th floor 05:10
07. The Urges Theme 03:52
08. So uptight 02:34
09. I gotta wait 03:02
10. Curse it all 02:28
11. Psych ward 03:17
Runtime 34:04 min
Size 42,9 MB
Release Notes:
Born out of suburban frustration The Urges started
out in a damp Dublin garage in late 2004. With
little or no musical knowledge they set out to
write nothing but raw stripped down rock 'n' roll.
Since then they have enjoyed the success of their
debut single '(Around &) Around Again' which topped
the Irish charts in the summer of 2005 and have
played along side many big named bands such as The
Zutons, The La's, Wild Billy Childish, Paul Weller,
Ocean Colour Scene, The Buzzcocks, Babyshambles,
Kulashaker and just about every major garage band
since the 60's (The Electric Prunes, The Remains,
The Cynics, The Pretty Things). They have been
included on a number of compilations with the likes
of The Hives, 5678's, The Brian Jonestown Massacre
and The Chesterfield Kings & have spent the last
year playing festivals throughout Europe including
Oxygen (David Bowie, The Strokes, P.J. Harvey, The
Kings of Leon) and the notorious Primitive Festival
in Rotterdam, Holland (Von Bondies, The Mighty
Ceasars, The Chesterfield Kings) The Urges sound
can be traced as far back as the mid 60's where
primal fuzztone and psychedelic organ kicked of
real rock 'n' roll - all the way up to the present
day where indie garage rock could not be a more
domineering musical force. When it comes to live
shows The Urges don't resort to filling a set with
pagiarized riffs & shoe gazing, their performances
are both primal & chaotic emanating a threat of
violence which makes the men stand back & makes the
girls step forward! The Urges effortlessly drift in
and out of different timings & melodies but
constantly maintain an authentic yet primitive
sound which always leaves the crowd crying for
more. Having spent the last two years honing their
sound The Urges have managed to capture this on
their debut album. A new generation of teenage
psych-punk bands is hitting the scene these days
and the leaders of this movement are without any
doubt the amazing Urges, which 'Psych ward' proves
impressively. They can be best described as the
missing link between those old titans of the 60's,
such as the Music Machine, the Seeds and the
Electric Prunes and the 'Paisley Underground' of
the 80's with bands like the Morlocks, Fuzztones
and Miracle Workers. In fuzz we trust!!!