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The Ergs! / Grabass Charlestons

Split [7 inch]
2007
No Idea

The Ergs! / Grabass Charlestons - Split [7 inch] (Cover Artwork)

Review by: Brian
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Published on June 29th 2007

The Ergs! and Grabass Charlestons team up for a split 7" on No Idea with the best artwork I've come across in a while. Ain't nothin' better than losing lotto scratch-offs.

Up first on this goldenrod wax are Jersey's best prancers: the Ergs!, with two relatively diverse offerings. "Every Romance Language" is a fairly typical outgoing for the band -- goofy guitar chords, Mike's snotty vocals, and lots of energy. The next song, "I Like I Say, Y'Know" is taken over by Jeff, and while it comes off lyrically somber ("my father used to work in asbestos / [...] / his kids are all grown up now / I'll bet he's wondering what happened to all that time"), it keeps an upbeat flair steady. Two pretty good tunes.

Grabass are next and bring their high-octane, Leatherface-on-speed sound. They don't quite fare as well the Ergs!, but a bias might be playing into my opinion. Their two contributions, "I Like Cats" and "Double Ding-Dong-King-Kong-Sing-Song... The Official Hamburger of the Soviettes/Grabass Tour Summer 2005" are pretty fun, but relatively forgettable. The latter has a fairly decent hook, but the overall lasting value of the songs is questionable.

In the spirit of punk rock, the Ergs! and Grabass certainly release a lot of records, but having teamed up together here I can almost wholly, confidently say that their particular output here is minimally solid.

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The Ergs! - Every Romance Language
Grabass Charlestons - I Like Cats

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Posted by bakla on 2007-07-15 15:53:21

I was stoked when I saw the fine folks from Razorcake selling this at their table when I was at a recent Toys That Kill gig at the Double Down Saloon, hell yeah!

Posted by shindo on 2007-06-30 18:46:52

Brian's touching on an opinion I've had about Grabass for a while. When I'm listening to them I have a great time, and I genuinely really like the band, but for the life of me I couldn't hum you one bar of a song they've ever written. Absolutely nothing sticks for some reason.

-adam

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 7:20 PM (EDT)

grabass > the ergs

Posted by laurenmeasure on 2007-06-29 14:42:08

I'm officially having a hard time keeping up with Ergs 7"s but those two songs definitely rule. Can't wait to hear the Grabass side.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 2:02 PM (EDT)

i love the grabass charlestons!

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 11:36 AM (EDT)

splitseveninchnews.org???????

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 29, 2007 at 3:58 AM (EDT)

These Grabass songs are certainly NOT forgettable. Then again, I haven't heard the Ergs songs.

I Like Cats has been part of my shower kareoke routine for about a week. Killer song.

-kliph

Posted by ChokingVictim on 2007-06-29 01:24:34

have not heard this but both bands are pretty awesome