| Mission Creeps, The / In Sickness And In Health |
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| Album: | In Sickness And In Health | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Mission Creeps, The | Added: | Oct 2007 | |
| Label: | Refractory Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-28 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-30 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 30 | Dec 9 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Nov 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 26, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Creepy | 4. | Nov 13, 2007: | A2Z Empty Coffin | |
| 2. | Dec 25, 2007: | On The Warpath Headstone | 5. | Nov 11, 2007: | Transmission Overload Case Of The Zombies | |
| 3. | Dec 04, 2007: | A2Z Creepy | 6. | Nov 04, 2007: | Transmission Overload Empty Coffin |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-10-29 | ||
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The Mission Creeps – In Sickness and in Health Reviewed by Sadie O., 10/22/07 Horror surf garage rock with bluesy bits, and theremin, yay! It’s hard to tell how seriously to take these folks – a lot of it’s great fun, but some of it is fairly depressed. Lo-fi, in that there’s no attempt to make the vocals sound perfect (singer has a decent voice, mind you), and there’s definitely a major Cramps element. No FCCs detected, but I can’t tell what he’s talking about half the time anyway. I like 3 and 9 a lot. 1. **starts with lots of theremin and electronics (spooky noises) then midtempo creepy surf rock. Definite homage to the Cramps, quite lo-fi. 2. *frug-a-go-go in the graveyard. Nice vocal harmonies, straightforward garage rock, Nuggets-oid. 3. ****fun ultra-slow oozing stroll, farfisa, fun lyrics. 4. *long congas intro, guitar and squeepy theramin… slow, downbeat. The spiderhole may be vaguely related to a wormhole, but it’s hard to tell. 5. *very quiet intro, whispery noises very slowly building to extremely slow, somewhat bluesy crawl. Quite convincing, but I’m not sure of what, exactly. 6. ***squeeps for a moment, then fuzz-rock. Do the pony! But watch out for the blood. 7. **starts with very quiet guitar, downtempo waltz, depressed pirate song with accordion. Arrr! 8. ***jaunty guitar and vocals intro, then bouncy, bluesy bop with harmonica. 9. ****bouncy, bluesy “working in the coal mine” meets “I’m a lumberjack” polka with cowbell. 10. *melancholy guitar and piano, slow, sad, and of course, weird. 11. **several seconds of near-silence, then bits of spooky noises, slow bluesy crawl. Instrumental with hauntings. Theremin wind noises for last 30 seconds. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Case Of The Zombies | 6. | Empty Coffin | |||
| 2. | Headstone | 7. | 3 Sheets To The Wind | |||
| 3. | Creepy | 8. | The Crussian | |||
| 4. | Spiderhole | 9. | Graveyard Shift | |||
| 5. | You Make Me Sssick | 10. | Unholy Truths | |||
| 11. | Handted Sandcastle | |||||