Gretchens, the / Cover Your Ears
Album: Cover Your Ears   Collection:General
Artist:Gretchens, the   Added:Feb 2005
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-04-03 Pull Date: 2005-06-05
Week Ending: Jun 5 May 29 May 22 May 15 May 8 May 1 Apr 24 Apr 17
Airplays: 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 23, 2023: Down in the Basement
I Met a Girl
4. Sep 22, 2022: Down in the Basement
Packy
2. Feb 09, 2023: Down in the Basement
I Met a Girl
5. Aug 25, 2022: Down in the Basement
Wesley Willis
3. Nov 10, 2022: down in the basement
Big Long Car
6. Jun 15, 2011: Brownian Motion
Teresa Piece O' Poo

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2005-03-25
Local trashy fun rock, garagey, punky, surfy, indie, all together with girl drummers and mostly female vocals. Great stuff, local weirdos from the school of Kitty Kat Spy Club, Mob Stereo, Lovechild, Muffs, Henry's Dress, Teenagers, Tiger Trap, and the Rondelles of course. Rough around the edges, strange production, some songs just sorta fade out and blend into the next leaving a big "huh?". I think its cool as shit. My new favorite local band. You gotta check out the band photos. Buncha freaks. I wish I could be their friend....

1) minor toned, slightly surfy, simple rock
2) driving more rockin, melodic
3) classic feel, great guitar tones, melodic and poppy love song
4) upbeat great feel, great twisted lyrics
5) a tad rougher, punkier, with male vocs
6) layered fem vocs, upbeat and catchy and brief
7) FCC (quick "fuck" in chorus, oops)
8) strummy pop, sweet
9) strummy pop again
10) upbeat, party music about phoning jesus, dang!
11) strummy with lines like "throwing up in the kitchen sink" cant lose
12) slower, mid paced simple rock
13) upbeat juvenile feel, a la sweeter Ramones or a rough Dream Syndicate
14) 2/4 upbeat yeehaw ode to Wesley Willis, silly as hell, yay!!
15) melodic and sweet ballad, strummy and sincere female vocs and no drums
16) simple almost cute pop
17) instrumental: surfy guitar riff and upbeat feel, "yeast infection".... um yeah
18-21) Cleaner "acoustic" versions of previous songs (vocs and acoustic guitar) 16, 14, 1,
Track 21: FCC
22) guitar strumming, no drums or vocals

Track Listing
1. Roaches in My Pants   12. Method of Ingestion
2. Joe Godsil   13. Packy
3. I Met a Girl   14. Wesley Willis
4. Cross-Dresser   15. Big Long Car
5. Rice Krispie Treat   16. Judy's Got a Boyfriend
6. Turtlehead   17. Yeast Infection
7. Teresa Piece O' Poo   18. Judy's Got a Boyfriend
8. Cold Wind Blowin'   19. Wesley Willis
9. Pale of Spagetti   20. I Met a Girl
10. Phone Jesus   21. Teresa Piece O' Poo
11. Nelson's Choking   22. Carson Girls (Demo)