Album title:
'Saucer Crash' EP
Artist:
The Black Ramps
Label:
(Str82Tape
It's been a few years since the White Stripes hit big, but there are still dozens of garage-rock combos out there who want to win your heart and damage your eardrums. Along with the requisite unadorned production and guitar fuzz, this week's colour-coded contestants, the Black Ramps, feature two vocalists so unabashedly off-key that they recall "outsider music" hero Daniel Johnston. What they lack, unfortunately, is the songwriting to match their sonics; all three of the songs featured here sound like the B-sides to better singles. The band provides lots of noise but forgets to include any memorable hooks or choruses. Maybe things will work out better on the full-length. [Andrew Monroe]
This EP is out now.