"What the fuck??? Where has this band been? Allegedly, they have some hardcore bigwigs in them (violent minds, career suicide), but sounds nothing like that. Total power pop goodness that made my toes curl. One part Exploding Hearts, one part Tranzmitors, and one part Boys. They had me on side one, but then when the hand claps started on "careerist", I got the shivers. Deranged seem to have cornered the market for this shit recently (except perhaps Gentlemen Jesse), and this is another to add to the collection. Tremendous."
finally THE OBSERVERS - DOWN ON TODAY 7" is out! Limited green vinyl is 4.00 EUR + postage. Go to www. takenbysurprise. net/shop or write to info@takenbysurprise.net for a copy!
Lead singer and primary songwriter Douglas Burns along with longtime friend and Speds band mate Colin Grigson formed the Observers. The intention of the band was to create a new voice in music that was true to the traditional punk sound of the 70's and 80's while remaining contemporary and relevant. The band formed in 2002, but did not play their first live show until March 2003 after settling on their first line-up, which included Muslim on guitar and Skeeter Joplin on drums. Together, this line-up recorded the "Down On Today" demo. This record features 4 songs from said demo. Tracked in Colin's room and mixed in Doug's this 4 track demo was first released on tape and then on CD-R. It was only sold at the first shows THE OBSERVERS played. Tracks are: SHORT DAY, DOWN ON TODAY, CAN'T BE SAD and STATE OF DECAY.
Just wanted to let you know the first podcast is available to download from CanadianPunkPodcast. com! Check back after 6 PM today (Thursday June 5th) for the second offical Podcast from CPP!
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