Hurry Up
Hurry Up [LP; Army of Bad Luck]

As is so often the case with the identity of mysterious bands, Hurry Up is not just some conflagration of youth that popped up out of nowhere. These folks are BADASSES of the garage-rock scene, two members (Kathy Foster and Westin Glass) hailing from The Thermals and, rounding out the trio, none other than Maggie Vail of The Bangs. (I’m apparently supposed to know The Bangs, and I might have read a blurb on them at the EMP, but other than that I’m sadly ignorant of their work.) This self-titled record is such a departure from the last beautiful piece of vinyl Army Of Bad Luck sent my way (that Retconned record; oh yeah) that I had to delay my review for a bit just to get over the shock. Now that I’m back and on the attack I’m stoked to jump-kick and fist-pump along with these fuckers like my late thirties totally aren’t a factor in my life, AT ALL (ha wouldn’t that be the shizz?). But they are, and maybe that’s why I appreciate a record like Hurry Up that much more. I remember interviewing Hutch Harris of The aforementioned Thermals a decade ago and totally jumping head-first into admiration of that band, but it was only a few months before I found myself dropping away from power-garage bands like that; not for any reason, either; just one of those shifts that, as a listener, I can never seem to explain (for instance, right now I’m into old Scott Walker and ignoring the new stuff; also, AC are back in my life in a big way; SLIPPI!!!). But the last five years or so has seen a heavy push coming from the garage, via bands like Thee Oh Sees and what-not, and Hurry Up could probably muzzle up with those folks if they tried hard enough. Then again, I’m not sure the Pacific Northwest folks want another ‘success story’ on their hands like beet-red blood. Best to enjoy this on its own merits and leave it at that. Five-hundred copies, never enough but, strangely, still available as of this writing. I’ve given everything away to you.

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