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Unknowns, The – East Coast Low [IMPORT] – New LP
Drunken Sailor Records (UK)

Unknowns, The – East Coast Low [IMPORT] – New LP

$ 26.00 $ 0.00
2nd pressing, blue lettering on jacket

in the 1970s a few of the best were able to take key 1950s and 1960s (primarily early-mid 1960 as well as VU and Stooges), and make their sounds completely fresh..and that’s what I hear here, folks like eddie cochran, gene vincent, bo diddley, and buddy holly yanked through the stink and glory of some of the best of the 1970s (especially NYC, Detroit, but elsewhere as well..bits of Bolin, Stones, Saints, Misfits, Cheap Trick, DMZ, Nerves... Dolls, Stooges, Ramones, Heartbreakers, Blondie...), coming out the other end stretching their arms, smearing the soot from their dirty faces, smelling fresh...the Australians have been managing to do that so well for so long, and if this album is any evidence, they got no plans to stop anytime soon.  This is kick,  this is supersonic, this is love...this band’s got the rock and the roll oozing out their skulls. — winch

    




European release of The Unknowns second LP, released on Bargain Bin Records in Australia.

"There have already been some monster LPs released in 2023, and the sophomore album from The Unknowns just might be the best of the lot. The Brisbane-based then-trio released one of the greatest punk albums of the roaring twenties (so far) with Nothing Will Ever Stop back in late 2020. Now a foursome following the addition of The Chats' Eamon Sandwith on guitar, The Unknowns have returned with an even better follow-up. East Coast Low manages to take most of the musical genres I hold dear and mash them together in the most delightful way. Basically the sound is classic punk rock with a ton of energy and catchy tunes (what else would you expect from Australia?). Yet at the same time, this album aligns beautifully with modern-day garage punk, power pop, and straight-up rock n' roll. East Coast Low packs ten tracks of punchy sing-along punk rock into 23 and a half minutes of pure fun. Songs like "Dianne," "Rid of You," "Thinking About You," and "I Don't Know" prove once again that there's a certain kind of itch that only old school punk rock n' roll can scratch. These guys are doing nothing new. But man, they do it so freaking well! If we're talking about the cream of the contemporary Aussie punk crop, The Unknowns have earned a place in the conversation." Josh/ Faster and Louder


released April 5, 2024


 

En los años 70, algunos de los mejores lograron tomar elementos clave de los años 50 y 60 (principalmente de principios y mediados de los 60, así como de VU y Stooges) y hacer que sus sonidos fueran completamente frescos... y eso es lo que escucho aquí, gente como Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Bo Diddley y Buddy Holly arrastrados a través de la mugre y la gloria de algunos de los mejores de los años 70 (especialmente de Nueva York, Detroit, pero también de otros lugares... trozos de Bolin, Stones, Saints, Misfits, Cheap Trick, DMZ, Nerves... Dolls, Stooges, Ramones, Heartbreakers, Blondie...), saliendo del otro lado estirando los brazos, limpiando el hollín de sus caras sucias, oliendo a frescura... Los australianos han logrado hacer eso tan bien durante tanto tiempo, y si este álbum es una prueba, no tienen planes de detenerse en el corto plazo. Esto es fuerza, esto es supersónico, esto es amor... esta banda tiene el rock y el rollo goteando de sus cráneos. — winch

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