Bathtub Gin - Drank the Rent.mpg

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A review Lame Bunny did in 2008 :
BATHTUB GIN: -The Lost Week End (LP)
Red Lounge Records 2007
What's that now? Named after some old film "the lost weekend" another Guitar and Drums garage-two-piece from Chattanooga, Tennessee comes up with a great record.
What struck me first is that the vocals really sound a bit like Greg Cartwright and the Reigning Sound. And of course Casey (guitar/vox) and Eric (drums) name the Oblivians as one of their influences, together with Roy Orbison and the Cheater Slicks.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking...it's always hard to compare some new stuff to the Godfather of Garagebluespunk, it was the same with me, but hey, listen to the songs first (eg"Turn Your Back"or "Drank the Rent"(need I say more?)) and then you can go talking again...
Turn your back is a cool tune. It is about a couple that should have broken up a long time ago. Now they are married; A tragedy unto itself. The guitar-riff is just great and points direction for a real killer song that stayed on my mind for days.
This is a real revelation from the depths of life. Lonely nights, spent on booze and what remains: "This record was an exercise in self destruction. It was recorded on 100% alcohol. The album chronicles the breakdown of a normal life by drinking too much. The whole record is about blacking out, and losing everything that matters" as Casey mentioned in his own words.
After the third song this record has won me completely over. This sounds like it should. The recording and mastering is brilliant! The guitar is raw, blasting, fuzzed on the one hand swinging in temoloes and reverb on the other. The voice is howling in emotion, without being cheesy or whining. The great vocals create that atmosphere of credibility and feeling(down) that touched my heart.
And the solid and bashing drums provide a great rhythm section. (The drummer is doin his job very well . I think it's "Burma Shave" Dave on the LP)
Although you won't miss a bass on this first album, because there is missing nothing, Bathtub Gin go as a three piece from now on with Casey - vox, guitar, Eric- Drum City discount beat-down. Wes- The Electric Bass Guitar. (R. Grier did the Organ on the LP)
As I sit here on a Sunday afternoon, thinking about my own life, there comes a warm coverage of songs that keeps my head from spinning on with useless questions about the misfortunes of life in general.
This record is more than good. It's not only that the songs are great, every single one of them but altogether they form an LP that leaves me with the wish for higher temperatures outside, so I can sit with an open window in the evening and listen to this one. Like you also should!
This Album became a friend to me. Always with me when I'm down.
Lame Bunny/GGGG-Go-Action!!