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I've gone on record and called Gravy Train!!!!, the "nastiest band in the world", and I know they tried to take it down a notch on their later albums, but boy, for a time they were the sexcore band of the hour.
I'm glad that Hunx (aka Seth Bogart), from said-band, have branched out to 50s teen music, with his band Hunx and His Punx. And you know what ? It's GOOD AWESOME. It's not sexual, it's not cheesy, it's done right: with a full backing of sixties-girl "punkettes".
The album I've been listening to lately is called Too Young To Be In Love, their first record on Hardly Art.
Like songs from that black and white era, the subject matter is usually about bubblegum love, from "Lover's Lane" to the title track. The former track is so good, it really set the tone of how the album would come together.
Some songs seems like they are parts one and two. For instance, it sounds like "Keep Away From Johnny" and "He's Coming Back" share the story of "My Boyfriend's Back". The two songs "The Curse of Being Young" and "Too Young To Be In Love" works well together too, sharing the theme of forbidden love of the youth.
I really like Too Young To Be In Love, but it's not an album that I can easily recommend to casual music fan. First of all, the downside is that I feel that very few people might appreciate Hunx's vocals. It's very... distinctive. Plus Hunx can be overly flamboyant, let's put it that way. If you can get past all that, you'll find the 50s/60s sound of Too Young To Be In Love to be surprisingly different than most albums being released today. You don't have to take my word for it, check out a few free songs from Hardly Art, they actually picked two very good tracks: "Lover's Lane" and "Too Young To Be In Love".
They are currently on tour, so hopefully I'll be there on May 1st at 7th Street Entry to check out the sleaze and the good times.
Trivia: Was it intentional? When I first saw the cover artwork for Too Young to be in Love I thought it was an Eddie Murphy homage. What do you think?
The album I've been listening to lately is called Too Young To Be In Love, their first record on Hardly Art.
Like songs from that black and white era, the subject matter is usually about bubblegum love, from "Lover's Lane" to the title track. The former track is so good, it really set the tone of how the album would come together.
Some songs seems like they are parts one and two. For instance, it sounds like "Keep Away From Johnny" and "He's Coming Back" share the story of "My Boyfriend's Back". The two songs "The Curse of Being Young" and "Too Young To Be In Love" works well together too, sharing the theme of forbidden love of the youth.
I really like Too Young To Be In Love, but it's not an album that I can easily recommend to casual music fan. First of all, the downside is that I feel that very few people might appreciate Hunx's vocals. It's very... distinctive. Plus Hunx can be overly flamboyant, let's put it that way. If you can get past all that, you'll find the 50s/60s sound of Too Young To Be In Love to be surprisingly different than most albums being released today. You don't have to take my word for it, check out a few free songs from Hardly Art, they actually picked two very good tracks: "Lover's Lane" and "Too Young To Be In Love".
They are currently on tour, so hopefully I'll be there on May 1st at 7th Street Entry to check out the sleaze and the good times.
Trivia: Was it intentional? When I first saw the cover artwork for Too Young to be in Love I thought it was an Eddie Murphy homage. What do you think?
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