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This is another re-release of a compilation by Less than Jake from 1999 – this time of previously released material on out-of-print and limited edition vinyl. It's been given a bright new cover and a fold-out sleeve too. The cover features the legendary blue and white van that carted Less Than Jake to many shows and ended up catching fire on the way to a PEZ convention. Such is life, and shit, as they say, happens. But here it is, nicely immortalised.
Most of the songs are B-Sides from Pezcore and Losing Streak sessions and therefore reflecting the songs on those albums. The sound quality is by no means consistent – it veers from professionally produced album tracks, to rough demo recordings – so your ears may take some adjusting before they just used to it, if they want to. Some of the tunes were probably never meant to be anything more than collectors' items for the hard-core fan. A few of the album's songs have been re-recorded by the band and ended up on their LPs. "Scott Farcas Takes It On The Chin", "Cheese" and "Rock And Roll Pizzeria" are here in earlier forms. The musical and lyrical differences of these should prove interesting to fans... hopefully. But songs like "Hamburger Hop" just capture that middle-American complacency, the musical equivalent of cartoons like American Dad or The Simpsons, and should amuse the listener. You'll like it, if you can take the slightly knarled quality. |
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