No strangers to genre studies, Detroit garage greats the Dirtbombs spent 2011 covering Detroit techno classics on their divisive Party Store LP. For their next effort, they've crafted a collection of songs that fit right in with the oddball pop subgenre bubblegum.
After promising a full LP of bubblegum sounds for years, Dirtbombs frontman Mick Collins has finally put the finishing touches on the fittingly titled Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!
While they could have easily snuck by with a batch of 1910 Fruitgum Company covers, however, Collins has instead tried his hand at writing some bubblegum of his own.
From the sounds of it, it worked, as a press release compares the record to Josie and the Pussycats, the Banana Splits, and Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution. "It's all sing-along choruses, childlike themes and a contrived innocence — not the kind of record one would've predicted from a guy who once fronted The Gories," the writeup adds.
In the Red will issue Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey! on October 17.
After promising a full LP of bubblegum sounds for years, Dirtbombs frontman Mick Collins has finally put the finishing touches on the fittingly titled Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!
While they could have easily snuck by with a batch of 1910 Fruitgum Company covers, however, Collins has instead tried his hand at writing some bubblegum of his own.
From the sounds of it, it worked, as a press release compares the record to Josie and the Pussycats, the Banana Splits, and Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution. "It's all sing-along choruses, childlike themes and a contrived innocence — not the kind of record one would've predicted from a guy who once fronted The Gories," the writeup adds.
In the Red will issue Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey! on October 17.
