Spencey Dude & the Doodles
Night Problems
California Clap
2012
Rating: 7 pizza boxes out of 10
Let's get this out of the way up front - despite the name, Spencey Dude & the Doodles is not a kids band. Do not go into this expecting a newer, hipper Raffi. Not saying they wouldn't play for some kids, it's just the songs might be about drinking and partying and making out instead of the alphabet. Stop sheltering your damn children I say. Anyways, the debut LP by this Bay Area trio (featuring members of Gris Gris and Dreamdate) is catchy. And I mean real fuckin' catchy. I guess you'd just call it simple, dumb garage pop, and that's not intended as an insult at all. It's probably the lyrical content but my first impression was this reminded me a little of Mean Jeans minus the heavy Ramones influence, or maybe Coconut Coolouts minus band members wearing banana suits. The album starts off with an Enigma sample and then covers 17 songs in a little over 27 minutes - there is no fucking around here, except that it is all the musical equivalent to fucking around. More specifically, this sounds like an afternoon drunk in someone's backyard, maybe playing some horseshoes and firing up the barbeque, possibly passing out on the couch by eight o'clock. I dig it.
You can download the album on the cheap here. I think Goner has it too. Get it.
You can download the album on the cheap here. I think Goner has it too. Get it.
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