Tijuana Panthers / Semi-Sweet
Album: Semi-Sweet   Collection:General 12"
Artist:Tijuana Panthers   Added:Sep 2013
Label:Innovative Leisure Records  

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1. Oct 28, 2013: Eclectic Erudition
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Album Review
awyeh
Reviewed 2013-10-28
Surfy, garagey, punky, pop music. Brings to mind the mid 60s more than anything, but always honest, never retro-schlocky. These guys could open for any of the killer SF/East Bay garage/punk bands and make it the best of their shows you ever catch. Tons of treble, never too optimistic, lots of tracks have a 50s high school/teenage theme running through them. No FCCs detected. RIYL: East Bay garage-punk (Shannon & the Clams, Hunx & His Punx, Nobunny, Warm Soda), Ty Segall, Ramones, Guantanamo Baywatch

1 (1:39) Vox buried, flute all over; psychy, pogoing, breaks down at end
2 (2:08) Early 00s post-punk revival vox, cloudy day summery, somewhat driving
3 (2:16) 60s bluesy/psychy upbeat, tons of drum rolls, backing surfy licks
4 (2:04) 50s doo-wop style with 80s noise-pop/post-punk execution
5 (2:38) Teenage found a good stepfather surf-blues-pop
*6 (2:19) Blurry post-Ramones pop
7 (2:15) Poppy, punky, driving, 50s evolved
*8 (3:22) Surfy riffs, pounding drums, you'll want to dance
9 (2:26) Groovy bassline, snotty vox, killer riffs, about jeans
10 (2:52) Surfy garage-punk about how things used to be better
*11 (2:34) Lo-fi acoustic surf-pop, slightly snotty vox, light harmonica, great stuff
12 (1:46) Lo-fi again, rackety, fuzzy percussion

Track Listing
1. Above Your Means   7. Pushover
2. Tony's Song   8. Forbidden Fruit
3. Wall Walker   9. Juvy Jeans
4. Boardwalk   10. Baby I'm Bored
5. Father Figure   11. Sunday
6. One Way Ticket   12. Boardwalk (Reprise)