In 1997, Mobile, Alabama's GarageDogs clawed their way up the east coast to settle in Boston. Four years, three albums (Record, Andy Davus, and The Evils), and God only knows how many live shows later, they packed bags again---this time they headed to Los Angeles where they stuck around for another 4 years and released an EP (Homework of the Dogeaters) and a live album (Band In Boston). Now Bill, Paul, and Matt Hough find themselves back in Boston with a new CD that tells the story of their travels. This is a punk band in the 1978 Lower East Side sense of the word. There is no pop-punk or post-punk or pub-punk here. GarageDogs are a throwback to pure, unapologetic p - u - n - k, punk! Withdrawl kicks off with "The Dumb Boy Shrugs," a kick-ya-in-the-gut rocker about feeling old and moving to LA to become a famous musician, only to realize that no one cares about you in LA if you aren't already famous. The album starts off on a brutally sincere note and it builds on that theme throughout. One of the last songs is called "Come On." It's a country-fried punk-croon that harkens back to the Hough's Mobile days of hard working and hard drinking. If you play in a punk band, you are going to be jealous of this album. GarageDogs are the best thing in Boston's punk scene right now. (Jeff May)--the Noise 2005
Paul Hough 21 ottobre 2005 04:59
