Rowdy – S/T [IMPORT RED VINYL] – New LP

punk rock n rollers that will surely flatten your face and steal your heart, smear that scowl into a smile, spatula you over like a pancake and butter up your backside...you can almost see them motoring along with the windows cranked down, tooling along on some unsure adventure with a clear direction ...moving like a slant six in the wide expanse between Buddy Holly and Dead Moon...grime and sunshine...motoring out of those outskirts where bands on Dirtnap and outfits from Memphis are housed up in roadside motels.  Another essential listen from Drunken Sailor Records. -- winch

"If you feel like motoring down the highway at 100 miles per hour breathing in pure rock n roll exhaust then look no further– Rowdy is here to kick out the jams and rev up with their self-titled debut LP Rowdy! These seasoned rockers are dealing out a heavy dose of song-forward classic garage punk that sounds like a mixed bag of Joan Jett singing for Teengenerate and Roky Erikson and The Aliens covering Oblivions. This is no surprise as Rowdy is formed by members of legendary Austin band Hex Dispensers and Scotland's Goldie Dawn, (Hex Dispensers, major contributors to the Texas garage punk scene). Rowdy’s sound runs the gamut with catchy 77 punk tunes like “All in My Head”- with its huge chorus, anthemic doo-wop tinged songs like “Fine Mystery, and bluesy garage rippers like “Cost Of It”. The recording is raw and punchy, dripping with overdriven twangy guitars, a steadfast, tight rhythm section, and blown out vocals. This record is pure rock n roll madness! Pop this Rowdy on in your headphones, shotgun a Steel Reserve, and you’ll be on your motorcycle doing donuts on your highschool principal’s lawn in no time."
-- Sims Hardin


"Rowdy are piling out of the delinquent hallways of whatever high school Milk and Cookies, The Shoes, and Destroy All Monsters went to. All the frayed edges of 1977’s best thrifted denim stain, 25 minutes of Ashtonian crushed guitar flinging, double tracked melodic vocal attitude high into the night sky.
If you like your punk welded together with iron clad rock and roll impulse and low brow swagger, then get Rowdy on immediately."
Jonah Falco