ARTIST: The Crack Babies
TITLE: Smoking At Gas Stations
LABEL: Lost Music
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 242kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 17min total
RELEASE DATE: 11 Apr 2005
RIP DATE: 24 Mar 2004
Track List
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01. Shine 2:55
02. America 2:43
03. Honey Believer 2:09
04. Come On Baby Cramp My Style 2:01
05. Pretty 2:47
06. Turn Up The Radio! 1:51
07. She's A Star 2:45
Release Notes:
Such are the constraints of independent record labels, it's to
be expected that the production values of their releases are
often a little more lo-fi than they intended. With the first
CD released by Lost Music they celebrate this fact rather
than cover it up. The act in question is The Crack Babies and
their chosen style will be familiar to anyone who remembers
The Jesus And Mary Chain's early records. For here is a
seventeen-minute EP covering seven tracks delivered with
jackhammer-like decorum. Yet, as usual, persistence pays
and a careful listen beyond the surface throws up a few
melodic delights like the first song 'Shine' - melodically a
dead ringer for New Order's 'Ceremony' with layers of feedback
added. Other songs are reminiscent of Motown anthems unceremoniously
mugged by a gang of ne'er-do-wells. All told, it's primitive, raw
yet fertile stuff.