THICK SHAKES from Boston, MA, are Lindsay, Tim, Matt & Matt; inspired by early garage/psych sounds and beyond. Expect buzzsaw fuzz, hip-bumping drums and frenzied Farfisa; songs delivered in short, loud blasts recorded on scummy 16-track tape. Last year’s debut EP “Ooh Mommy” was released on cassette, followed by dates with Thee Oh Sees, Woven Bones and more. “Why Buy the Cow,” three songs on 7” vinyl, is out on Aurora 7 Records, spring 2011.
REVIEWS
“Organ-pounding rave-ups …torched beyond recognition with blown-out tape distortion and AM-radio sizzle…. ‘Go Back to New York’ is a firestorm of a kiss-off, all acid-drenched Farfisa with a little Cab Calloway mojo to boot. And that’s the calm, collected one of the bunch. ‘Neighbor’s Goods’ and ‘Banned From the Laundromat’ kick things way past the red with frenzied, terrifying tempos and a twisted rockabilly one-two that could make a Cramps record sound like Muzak.” -Boston Globe
“An aural whirlwind so keen that the lyrics namedrop Frederick Law Olmsted.”
-Boston Phoenix MP3 of the Week
“Tumbledown stomp, distorted power chords, and insistent organ into super fun 1960s-infused garage rock jams… Why Buy the Cow finds the band’s vocals delivered with more of a sneer and a large dose of Bostonian “Go f**k yo’self” bravado.” -Radio K Track of the Day
“The band has taken 1960s organ-based rock and roll and cranked it to a punked up fuzzed out level. Bring on the F-U-Z-Z.” - Gimme Tinnitus
“The super-infectious single “Go Back to New York” …is going straight on my short list for track of the year.” -QRO Magazine
“A wonderfully uncluttered, joyous form of proto garage-rock that is simple, unaffected and damn catchy.”
-Mad Mackerel (UK)
“Music that virtually does not exist anymore… The entire EP leaves you wanting to hear more.”
-Oh So Fresh! Music
“There’s such a ramshackle sense of enjoyment to Thick Shakes ‘Go Back To New York.’ As if the sundry members of this band were a bunch of shabbily dressed neurons, ricocheting about a pee-stained practice space, their instruments crumbling as they implode.” Sound on the Sound
“Dark, distorted, organ drenched, fuzzed out 60s rock n roll.” –MAXIMUMROCKNROLL
“Lo-fi punk, equally as inspired by Nancy Sinatra as by Tunnel of Love.” -RareAustin
“Hip-shaking, stabbing fuzz rock.” -Performer Magazine
“Shag-carpet-beat-the-stuffing-out-of-your-teddy-distortion.” Weekly Tape Deck
