THR #014Released: 7/6/09
1st press: 400 Black(screen printed cover)
100 Black (hand drawn covers)
Songs For Moms - I Used To Belive In the West LP $9.00
Songs For Moms
I Used To Believe In the West LP tracklist
1. All The Girls Here
2. Kill Coyotes
3. In Nightmares
4. With Shotguns
5. For Shakey Hearts
6. I Used To Believe
7. In The West
8. Aren't You Scared
9. Of The Muses
10. Songs To Come True
Songs For Moms 2nd full length LP. All-girl San Francisco/Bay Area trio that creates an incredibly tuneful sound that feels like a combination of Loretta Lynn and Patti Smith. Over laying rock, punk and country; they cross back and forth between bouncy bittersweet melodies and raw aggression, yet always staying poetic and beautiful. Limited edition hand screened covers limited to first 500.
Reviews:
Maximum RocknRoll #317
I'm hearing something along the lines of THIS BIKE IS A PIPEBOMB weaned on 50 MILLION or HICKEY instead of WOODY GUTHRIE. Female-fronted - it sounds like the band is comprised of at least three women all singing harmonies. It has that sort of Plan-It-X folky vibe but without the cheesy, all-too-earnest vocal inflection that characterizes many Plan-It-X releases and makes them unlistenable. Inadventent Plan-It-X shit talk aside, this is devoid of the some of the moreill-fated folk punk trappings and instead carries the charms of Bay Area bands like 50 MILLION or SHELLSHAG. Clean guitar that's not jangly, the vocal lines are full of hooks and melodies. They're talented musicians, so it's pleasurable to take in their easy handling of epic riffs. Good Stuff. (PS)