Here's a new one from The Babies off an upcoming 12", "Cry Along With The Babies" due out January 10th on Matt Mondanile's New Images.
Showing posts with label The Babies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Babies. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3
Wednesday, July 27
The Babies [Here Comes Trouble, Teenage Teardrops]
The Babies have a new 7'' single released which was made known to me by blog contributor Jen of Heard Instinct. The single is the follow up to the band's fantastic debut s/t LP which came out earlier this Winter. Limited to 300 copies with hand made covers, the vinyl can be found here.
Here Comes Trouble
Thursday, February 17
Record Review: The Babies [s/t, Shrimper]
by Jennifer Graciano
Prior to giving The Babies a listen, I figured that this part Vivian Girls, part Woods band would sound like some hazy, lo-fi, weird pop-psychedelic, funky-folk-fi act, and that I would hate it. I was wrong. The material released by Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone, Kevin Morby of Woods, Nathanael Stark, and Justin Sullivan, or side project dream-team: The Babies, is nothing like that. Their self-titled release on Shrimper comes after two singles, “Meet Me In The City,” and “All Things Come To Pass,” which led to a lot of attention for the four piece.
First on the album, “Run Me Over,” has an enjoyable guitar melody, some enticing basslines, and great percussion that rounds off the song nicely. It’s a very energetic track with just enough messiness to keep it interesting. The rest of the album follows in this same rhythm; most songs barely reaching the three-minute mark, killer percussion, and pronounced bass.
Ramone and Morby share vocal duties throughout, keeping most of the songs from straying into the dangerous realm of redundancy. The two switch on and off, or one takes control of an entire track, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. Ramone’s lead on “Wild 1,” and “All Things Come To Pass,” gets slightly dull and begs for Morby to step in and add some backup. While I can appreciate the spirited lyrics on “Wild 1,” I simply can’t get into the vocal work that hardly reflect the lyrics being sung.
But that doesn’t ring true for every song on the album; “Meet Me In The City,” is a great track with a completely infectious chorus that will have you chanting along for days. It exemplifies everything The Babies are capable of: making fun and lively music that doesn’t need a whole lot of reading into. “Breakin’ the Law” is pretty tame for its defiant title and makes it apparent that their strongest songs are the ones where both Ramone’s, and Morby’s, vocals are clearly present as they compliment each other quite nicely. Both “Personality,” and “Voice Like Thunder” are too short for my liking (each under two minutes) the first being a tirade of “I got personality/but you wouldn’t know” with some searing guitars and garage worthy noise, and the latter, a slower ballad. “Sick Kid” is similar to “Voice Like Thunder,” a drawn-out take with both singers sharing the spotlight and a hypnotic backdrop on loop.
Regardless of any qualms I may have had with this album, I loved it. With its unquestionably catchy lyrics, and dance along melodies, there’s no denying that the album is entertaining. It’s somewhat difficult to accept that listening to parts of this album became a chore, an addictive one at that. It’s.. fun, good music, and there’s no need to obscure or complicate that.
Monday, February 14
Wednesday, January 5
The Babies [The Wild I, LebensStrasse Records]
The Wilds 7'' will be the new single/EP released from The Babies on new German label LebenStrasse Records. While the track "The Wild I" was released this week, the 7'' will be released in around the same time as The Babies' full length debut album on Shrimper Records February 15th. "Wild I" will also be found on the album. The Babies will be playing in SF on January 9th at Hemlock Tavern.
Friday, December 10
The Babies [Run Me Over, Shrimper Records]
New track from Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls) and Kevin Morby (Woods) which will feature on a full length self-titled LP on Shrimper Records. The album will be out February 8th and follows up two excellent 7'' single releases on Wild World and Make A Mess Records.
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Friday, May 14
The Babies [Meet Me In The City b/w Somebody Else 7'', Make A Mess]
May 18th-20th will see The Babies make their way over to Sacramento and San Francisco. The Babies are a side project between Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and Kevin Morby of Woods supported by Justin Sullivan and Nathanael Stark. They currently have two 7'' singles out, one on San Francisco's Make A Mess records while the other can be found on Vivian Girls label, Wild World. The sound is a mash up between Woods and Vivian Girls musical styles, the track "Meet Me In The City" has the catchy garage pop of Vivian Girls with Woods influenced psychedelica. More info on the singles can be found here.
Make A Mess 7'' can be picked up here
Wild World 7'' can be found here
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