Gino and The Goons
Shake It! [12-inch/CS; Slovenly]

Ever since that Hell Shovel record I’ve been keeping a lazy eye on Slovenly Records, and that resulted in me finally being able to review something of theirs (as they don’t send out vinyl promos; for shame!), that something being Gino & The Goons’ Shake It!. I wouldn’t rank this as the best thing those Vegas desert rats have put out, but if you’re in the Hozac/Castle Face/Goner/In the Red/Almost Ready orbit you probably won’t think twice before snatching up this hot-pink stretch of occasionally glammy, always punk-driven leather nutz. Lots of fun singalongs and escapism in the form of lyrical trysts to Mexico to be had, the sort of music that wears its sunglasses indoors and spends most of its time at the hotel pool with a bottomless derailer (if you’re not privy to the Pac Northwest drinking scene it’s a bunch of alcohol and fruit juice sloshed together). Sex, death, and paranoia; yep, that’s what being 24 is like! The Black Lips have said it better but they’re practically the grandpas of the scene by now. If you yearn for fresh blood look no further.

Links: Slovenly

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