Spits, The / Kill The Kool
Album: Kill The Kool   Collection:General
Artist:Spits, The   Added:May 2014
Label:In the Red Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-05-23 Pull Date: 2014-07-25
Week Ending: Jul 27 Jul 20 Jul 13 Jul 6 Jun 29 Jun 22 Jun 15 Jun 1
Airplays: 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 23, 2016: a strange pursuit
Kill The Kool
4. Jul 23, 2014: Brownian Motion
Ask Your Mother
2. Oct 30, 2014: The Sunset Life
2018
5. Jul 17, 2014: Amber Waves
The Liars
3. Jul 24, 2014: The Sunset Life
Chem Trails
6. Jul 16, 2014: Brownian Motion
2018

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2014-05-20
At first glance this sounds like a Ramones worship band, but further listening reveals twisted elements of Suicide, Beelzebub Youth, Phantom Limbs, Black Flag’s sickest chording. The majority of tracks are cemented in simple beats/guitars, slowly phrased mildly melodic vocals a la The Ramones. All songs are short, punky to the point. As the CD progresses the darker weirder elements rise to the surface and things begin to sound like Suicide, or horror-punk. Irreverent lyrics and themes become more apparent and you realize that this band has some real depth. Have I said “great shit” yet? Track by track below only has descriptions if the songs veer from the Ramones’y flavor. FCCs only on last track (which sounds like something ex-DJ Brick would’ve recorded in his most dense drug addled blur ever).

1) (1:57) 2) (1:26) 3) (1:16) 4) (1:17) 5) (1:01) faster 6) (1:10) 7) (1:11) 8) (1:52)
9) (2:23) the CD takes a turn here for the weird, this one is live (?)
10) (2:05) driving with treated vocs about mind control and (egad) “chem. Trails”
11) (2:14) spacey spooky, “liars”
12) (1:47) drving synthy
13) (1:20) electrobeat, Suicide
14) (1:31) ramonesy punk
15) (1:45)
16) (1:20) blitzkrieg bop Ramones
17) (2:21) nice guitar tone, harmonies
18) (2:19) fuzz bass, different feel altogether
19) (1:46) electropunk – “terrorist attack!” play after EAS test
20) (2:07) spooky Halloween feel, blood, witches, cats screeching
21) (1:48) a stoner rock swagger, shifts back and forth 2/4 punk fast
22) FCCS OBSCENE NO!!!

Track Listing
1. 2018   12. Army Life
2. Trouble   13. Kill The Kool
3. Atom Age   14. She Dont Kare
4. Kill The Kool   15. Come With Me
5. Rip Up The Streets   16. Wait
6. Autobahn   17. Ask Your Mother
7. Beat You Up   18. Hit The Dead (Spasmotic Caress)
8. Get Our Kicks   19. Terrorist Attack
9. Take The Pleasure In Someone Else   20. Halloween Fun
10. Chem Trails   21. Black Candles
11. The Liars   22. Spend The Night In A Haunted House