Cars Can Be Blue – Trace the Tension (hhbtm) Trace the Tension opens with “You Gave Me,” a saccharine love song that references Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and pizza rolls. That more or less sets the tone. Cars Can Be Blue’s thing is three-to-four-chord jangly pop juxtaposed against irreverent, sarcastic lyrics. Somehow the contrast comes off less… Continue reading Cars Can Be Blue review at Razorcake
Tag: HHBTM Records
Eureka California / Good Grief – split 7″ review at Neufutur
http://neufutur.com/2014/02/eureka-california-good-grief-split-7/
Casper & Cookies – album release news at With Guitars
http://www.withguitars.com/casper-cookies-share-dingbats-wild-kindness/
Casper & the Cookies – Album Stream for Dingbats at VivaIndieRock.
http://vivaindieblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/stream-casper-and-cookies-new-album.html
Week of Wonders review at Innocent Words
http://innocentwords.com/week-of-wonders-piggybacks-7/
Car Can Be Blue review at Innocent Words
http://innocentwords.com/cars-can-be-blue-trace-the-tension/
Eureka California / Good Grief review at Dynamite Hemorrhage
Eureka California / Good Grief – split 7″ (HHBTM) Transatlantic pop artifact collecting two tracks from each Athens Georgia’s Eureka California and Liverpool England’s Good Grief, released by now fewer than three labels across two continents. Eureka California’s supremely catchy, stripped down guitar / drums racket gives me a nostalgic rush for all of the… Continue reading Eureka California / Good Grief review at Dynamite Hemorrhage
Skinny Girl Diet / Ethical Debating Society review at Dynamite Hemorrhage
Skinny Girl Diet / Ethical Debating Society – split 7″ (HHBTM) On principle I refuse to use the term “riot grrrl” to describe anything unleashed into the world after the era when Bikini Kill roamed the earth, but these two bands of upstarts from London are conjuring the sound of the modern boy-girl revolution that… Continue reading Skinny Girl Diet / Ethical Debating Society review at Dynamite Hemorrhage
Cars Can Be Blue at Maximum Rock and Roll
Cars Can Be Blue – Trace the Tension (HHBTM) I definitely had to listen to this album a couple of times before I “got it.” Cars Can Be Blue plays fun, fast, pop-punk songs that are catchy and get stuck in your head after repeated listens. I especially loved the songs “Lie” and “Poor for… Continue reading Cars Can Be Blue at Maximum Rock and Roll
Car Can Be Blue review at Neufutur
http://neufutur.com/2014/01/cars-can-blue-trace-tension-lp-review/