Eddy Current Suppression Ring / The Mean Jeans / The Wrong Words / Jack Oblivian - 4-Way Covers Split 7'' (Trouble in Mind, 2011)

Eddy Current Suppression Ring / The Mean Jeans / The Wrong Words / Jack Oblivian
4-Way Covers Split 7''
Trouble in Mind
2011

Rating: 7 rusty zithers out of 10

Trouble in Mind has done a few of these four-way seven inches featuring their bands and other like-minded acts performing covers, and I thought for sure I had reviewed this back when I got it after it came out but it appears as if I was wrong. The overview is I quite enjoyed this, every track is highly listenable.  Let's check in on it track-by-track:

Side A:
Track 1 - Eddy Current Suppression Ring "We Got the Beat," originally by the Go-Go's.  This ended up also getting included on their singles comp "So Many Things."  They keep the tune fairly true but add their wonky vocals to throw it a little askew.  
Track 2 - The Mean Jeans "Forever Young," originally by Sparks.  No, not the Alphaville song.  Regardless of the originator, they pop-punk it up and definitely make it sound like a Mean Jeans song. 

Side B:
Track 1 - The Wrong Words "Here's Where You Belong," originally by the Grass Roots.  Didn't know this one going in, but the Wrong Words make a nice little (slightly) power pop ditty out of it. 
Track 2 - Jack Oblivian "Moses & Me," originally by Tommy James & The Shondells.  It's a foot stomper.