Occasionally, some unexpectedly fine stuff feeds its way under the wire and into my mailbox. Such is the case with Max and the Wild Things, a self-proclaimed "3-piece NewCountryPunkWave band from Nashville".
Not only is it encouraging to find concrete evidence that Tennessee continues to distil raw proof talent of the calibre of a first rate Jack Daniels, it is also unexpectedly heartening to hear it hailing from Music City and not Memphis; unparalleled purveyors of prime sound from Alex Chilton and the Box Tops to Elvis Aaron Presley and Sam Phillips' Sun Records.
Originally a sibling two-piece from West Swanzey, New Hampshire, the brothers Traynor have teamed up with drummer, Brendan Leahy for their debut EP: "Hands Down Mans Down". The following cut, while not on that release, more than admirably captures the visceral slap and punch of Max and the Wild Things in live performance. Expect to hear more from this quarter, here and elsewhere.
Welcome to 1979, the recording company responsible for getting it all down,
has been described as a "refuge from 2008", utilizing only analogue equipment manufactured in the mid-seventies as the perfect antidote to compressed digital orthodoxy. Job well done.
Aidan Traynor: banjo, guitar, vocals; Cole Traynor: bass, vocals;
Brendan Leahy: drums.
Written by Aidan Traynor.
Recorded live at The Basement by Welcome to 1979.
Brendan Leahy: drums.
Written by Aidan Traynor.
Recorded live at The Basement by Welcome to 1979.
▼ MAX AND THE WILD THINGS: WITHOUT A SOUND (LIVE)
MAX AND THE WILD THINGS@MYSPACE
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