SYA023 - THE UPTOWN BUMS 's/t '

Another fine debut on Shake Your Ass records, baby! The Uptown Bums are five young lads from Denton/Arlington, TX, and they come with a fistful of kickin' ass garage pop that will blow your mind away and make your heartbeat crazy

This is a three-song single on an Italian label by this Denton, TX band. Yes, you Marked Men fans will find a whole lot to like here. This band straddles the line between garage punk and power pop with a speedy delivery. A little distortion on the vocals adds a rougher edge to the proceedings. Fans of Nobunny or Douchemaster Records will wanna check this single out. (Mike Frame - Razorcake)

Denton, TX outfit that surprisingly does not include any former or current members of the Marked Men or Wax Museums. That I know of. A-Side is very capable power-pop with a UK punkish tinge, slightly Buzzcockian perhaps, but with an identifiable Texaswagger. B-Side is two more American sounding garage-pop numbers, reminiscent of a less fiery Brimstone Howl perhaps. Middle-of-the-road stuff. Scum stats: 100 on white vinyl, 300 more on black.

Since this band is from Denton, Tx. I naturally assumed that there had to be a Wax Museums dude involved. After all, doesn't every band from there these days have at least one of them in the group. Apparently not this time though.
Three speedy & melodic loud pop numbers that have more than just a few stains around the cuffs. "Just The Other Day" pulls catches spit from the Jam's "This Is The Modern World" & some blood splatters from the Only Ones and rubs it all over whatever mixtape the Strokes had in their van tape deck that's runs a little too fast while lost somewhere in the deep south. On side two both tracks "Running My Mouth" and "Alvah's Ideas" are bit more in the hyper garage rock stomper vein complete with swirly keyboards, surfish guitar solos and an off kilter melody lines.

Fünf junge Buben aus Arlington, Texas, von denen überraschenderweise niemand zuvor Mitglied der MARKED MEN war, spielen auf ihrer Debütsingle mit viel Verve frischesten Garagepop mit Orgel. Der Titeltrack der 3-Song-Scheibe strotzt vor euphorischen Powerpopmelodien, wie sie in Großbritannien dereinst nur die UNDERTONES oder BUZZCOCKS ablieferten. Das Material der B-Seite ist auch nicht ohne Zunder, wenn auch etwas amerikanischer im Sound, etwa wie die wilderen Songs von BRIMSTONE HOWL. Ein durchaus empfehlenswertes Stückchen Vinyl! (8)