Freewheel!, by New Bad Things

Freewheel!

by New Bad Things

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1.	Ephedrine 03:21	buy track
2.	Knott St. 02:11	buy track
3.	Josh Has A Crush On A Femme From Reed 02:15	buy track
4.	28 Second Squid 00:27	buy track
5.	Camp 18 01:30	buy track
6.	Let's Everyone Do It 01:57	buy track
7.	Freemason Love Triangle 03:28	buy track
8.	Goethe's Letter To Vic Chesnutt 02:20	buy track
9.	Concrete 02:35	buy track
10.	The I Suck 03:57	buy track
11.	Mexico Siren 02:54	buy track
12.	Krankenhaus 02:22	buy track
13.	Clique Town 02:31	buy track
14.	Detective 01:49	buy track
15.	Serious Cat 02:24	buy track
16.	Montgomery! 01:45	buy track
17.	Product 02:22	buy track
18.	Movie Cop Soundtrack 02:19	buy track

about

You'd be hard pressed to find a better chunk of bizarro-pop entertainment value than this inspired oddity from Portland's New Bad Things. Not only do they cram 18 songs into a little over 40 minutes of disc, but each and every tune is in turn crammped with a disturbed headful of wriggling squiggling sound. Guitar parts fornicate while trumpets spasm, vocals drift in and out like peculiar odors, and the whole thing ends up sounding like actual songs.

The New Bad Things aren't the first or only band to be gleefully distorting bubblegum-simple pop constructions with a funhouse mirror approach to soundcraft, but Freewheel proves they're exceptionally good at it. "Let's Everyone Do it," skips along like a cocktail hour party tune from the deck of a Bermuda Triangle crusie ship, while "Freemason" evokes the reverbed atmospherics of a Sergio Leone nightmare. "Krankenhaus" is the best scary hospital song this side of Wildman Fisher, and "Camp" lurchingly boogies along like a Twilight Zone version of "Soulfinger"."

The songs are frequently very funny, but then band never pushes it's jokey side too hard. Most impressively, despite tweaks and twists, these quirky blasts actually deliver the sweet thrill of bona fide pop satisfaction.

- Chuck Crisafulli, Option

credits

released August 31, 2019

All produced, written, arranged by the NewBads
Recorded by Luke Hollywood & engineered by NBTs, Brendan Bell at Red Light Studios, Pete Mister for the coalition & produced by Pete and Mr. Lastra at Smegma Studios.

NBT = Dave, Matthew Hattie Hein, Luke Hollywood, Denk, The Prince of Mattiey Gaunt & Lars Funkstrom.

All material © NBTs 1995. All rights reserved everywhere

Originally released by Candy Ass Records in 1995, CAR-013

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New Bad Things Portland, Oregon

New Bad Things were a Portland, Oregon, indie rock band active during the 1990s. They recorded for Candy Ass Records, Rainforest Records, Lissy's Records, Pop Secret, Punk in my Vitamins Records, Kill Rock Stars, and Freewheel Records.

discography

Freewheel!

Aug 2019
Society

Aug 2019
C-Sides

Aug 2019
Ennui Go

Aug 2019

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