this is the OBLIVIANS thread!

yessssss

Is that Quintron on the organ again? I LOVE that Oblivians/Quintron record, would be psyched if Quintron was involved again.

i jam 'do the milkshake' on my dj nights and the speakers are so fucked that you can't even hear the vocals, but the shit still gets the heads nodding

'bad man' and 'the leather' are my go-tos

this new stuff is ... not sounding that good to me? there's a few tracks from this up on youtube, not blowing me away. that's just for a cursory listen, obv. 'i'll be gone' is probably the best of em.

Felt the same on first listens, but it's growing on me - this one in particular - the more I listen to it.
Also pretty into Run For Cover, which builds on their Trio obsession:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCh0xsB12A

It does sound like middle-aged Oblivians, but I'm cool with that - kind of glad they didn't try to fully recreate the scrappiness of the really early stuff.

there's very few garage rock records that I'd put above Popular Favorites or Sing 9 Songs with Quintron so it's a pretty high bar

yeah, i hear you... I don't think they'll top 9 Songs but I'm happy with what I've heard so far.

I think that is Quintron on Call The Police, he's listed as a guest on the press release.

Full track listing:
1. I’ll Be Gone (Cartwright)
2. Loving Cup (Paul Butterfield)
3. Em (Cartwright)
4. Woke Up In A Police Car (Friedl)
5. Call The Police (Stephanie Sanders)
6. Pinball King (Cartwright)
7. Run For Cover (Yarber)
8. Come A Little Closer (Cartwright)
9. Little War Child (Yarber)
10. Fire Detector (Friedl)
11. Oblivion (Cartwright)
12. Back Street Hangout (Yarber)
13. Desperation (Cartwright)
14. Mama Guitar (Lee Remick)

Cool, thanks! My favorite song off of "... 9 Songs", just a joyous blast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d5QA7Oe1mw

anybody give the new one much of a listen yet? i haven't really being feeling the urge to listen to it after giving it a couple of spins.
still like call the police.

this is the one everybody seems to like.
supposedly about jay reatard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0LWKJ_XY78

My friend, who was once completely obsessed, called it "mostly unnecessary."

yep, i'm with yr friend i think

I'm liking it a little better but it doesn't have the same zip as the old ones

Call the Police is pretty awesome though

this Nine Songs...album is insane brilliance haha

It sure is. Quintron + Oblivians is a great pairing.

A huge album for me. As a teen I listened to a ton of punk/garage and a ton of old gospel, which never seemed like that far of a bridge to cross in my head, but my friends all thought I was nuts. Play Nine Songs was the first time I heard a record that combined those two in the same way I heard in my head.

god they were something live back then, just amazing

Agreed on both fronts here. Quintron also a really fun and amazing live performer in his own right.

can't believe this is from 1997 tbh

I think I found out about the Oblivians just after they broke up, typically. Would've been about 99-ish. I was into punk and hardcore but thought 90s punk was mostly shit because all I knew was the popular Epitaph/Fat/Lookout type bands, some of which I liked OK but I really liked all the old school 70s/80s stuff a lot more. I didn't like that much current music at that time (that I had heard, found lots of good things later on) so I was digging into garage rock, buying Pebbles comps, etc. I had just got a job where I could use the internet so I signed up to the Bomp! mailing list and one of the bands they were enthusing about was the Oblivians - then I saw Popular Favorites at a local 2nd hand record shop and bought it. at the time I was buying a lot of CDs 2nd hand online from the US (I must've bought hundreds of CDs from secondspin.com, which amazingly still exists, although I don't think I've been there for 15+ years) because I couldn't find any of them in the UK and they happened to have the Quintron one (which immediately became my favourite) and the Sympathy Sessions comp. anyway cool story bro but that is the tale of how I discovered that not all 90s punk sounded like NOFX/Bad Religion/Green Day clones

well, 'I Don't Wanna Live Alone' has raced to somewhere near the top of my <2min ballot in the space of 1 day or so - they clearly found something inspiring

Cartwright's oeuvre is worth checking out as well, Compulsive Gamblers and Reigning Sound.... maybe don't have the feral quality of the Oblivions but he's a great songwriter always

Cartwright rules.

Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound is as good a rock n' roll record as you could make

^ that's the one to get if you're gonna get one, esp if you are into the Oblivians

TMG is probably my favorite rock record of the 2000s.

Too Much Guitar by Reigning Sound is as good a rock n' roll record as you could make

^^^^^^^^ YES YES YES

Compulsive Gamblers' Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is probably my favorite Cartwright project. "Two Thieves" is arguably the best song ever written mourning drug casualties, which is a bold claim i'm willing to stand by even considering the competition.

their album Bluff City is a great one, too. But he's been so great whatever he's done. Don't sleep on the second Deadly Snakes LP either, I'm Not Your Soldier Anymore; he's a full-time member of the group for that one (he produced their first album, Love Undone).

all good tips!

just put Too Much Guitar on. fuck he gets the most amazing sound! combination of lo-fi pounding drums and his feedback-laden freight-train guitar. tbh it barely matters what tune you put with that, it'll sound amazing, but he appears to have a way with a tune as well

ah man the organ takes it to a new level on Drowning

Cartwright's the g.o.a.t. but don't miss Jack's post-Oblivians records (solo/TN Tearjerkers/& the Sheiks) either. some real growers and fun as hell live if you can catch him.

Compulsive Gamblers' Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing is probably my favorite Cartwright project

Yes. Incredible album.

personally i love Time Bomb High School

I need to know which song @NewYorker. "I'm Not A Sicko There's A Plate In My Head"?? "Guitar Shop Asshole"?? "Never Change"?? pic.twitter.com/KfY2UIVc3J

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