If It's Too Loud...

Photo via Facebook I don't think I could possibly be digging The Bobby Lees more at this point. The Woodstock, NY's band has released a new single, "Dig Your Hips." It continues their step slightly away from the blues-punk sound of 2020's Skin Suit into more of a noisy punk sound. "Dig Your Hips" still has strong roots in blues, but this sound is much heavier than your typical blues-punk. "Dig Your Hips" is a full on rager that packs more into it's three minutes and eighteen seconds than most artists do in ten minute epics. It's all just pure groove and full throttle rock bearing straight down at you. Even the quiet parts are just festering with anticipation for the burst that you know is about to explode in your face. Vocalist Sam Quartin says of the new song: "This song’s about a psychotic episode I had while partying in the desert, and the feeling of wanting to set fire to your life and run away from it with someone you barely k...

Buckle up on this one, because we're gonna have to get a little name-droppy. I absolutely loved The Bobby Lees' Jon Spencer produced 2020 album Skin Suit. This time around, the band have signed with Mike Patton's Ipecac Records, and were signed by A&R rep Henry Rollins. Does the band need any more indie cred? "Hollywood Junkyard" keeps everything I loved about Skin Suit. It's still punk rock meets garage blues, except the punk is amped up well past eleven. Plus, if you're even slightly familiar with Ipecac, you know that The Bobby Lees are going to have to crank up the noise, and they do. "Hollywood Junkyard" is a wonderfully intense song. It's a little more straight ahead rock and roll with a fair share of metal than I would have expected, but it's still loud and more than a little odd. If you also loved their last album, you're going to adore this new song. Sam Quartin of The Bobby Lees explains the new song and video: “The vide...