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Headache City
S/T
Shit Sandwich 2006

 

Headache City is a newish Windy City underground supergroup of sorts features featuring legendary Texas punk guitarist Dave Head of The Motards, his former White-Outs bandmate Mike Fitzpatrick, Lisa Roe of Cococoma, and Shit Sandwich Records CEO Norah Utley. Don’t let the name fool ya – no headache’s here – their music goes down smooth and you’ll wake up tomorrow just fine.

Headache City’s debut LP is a collection of melodic post-garage punk hits that remain distinctive while reminding you of The Fall, The Modern Lovers, and a quite a few more of your favorite classic fuzz and keys songsters. There’s nary a wasted second here. Streamlined and bulletproof, these eleven simple catchy pop songs with only the most necessary ornamentation. If it pleases you to imagine a younger Mark E. Smith doing a lost duet that was cut from Grease for its deceptive darkness, then one number in particular, "Suicide Summer," might just be the bad vibes feel-good summer hit of your year. Fun, unpretentious, and rockin’...

 

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Suicide Summer MP3

 

 

 

 

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