From:
V.A.- PT100 (2010)
and
Joed Out- Weirder than Looney Tunes (2004)
Sweetest friend 2.Glorious 3.Floorshow 4.The impossible 5.Tokyo syndrome 6.Halfway up tonight 7.Pregnant flea 8.Insecurity blues 9.Reindeers
ABSORBED.CO.NZ: Joed Out - Weirder than Looney Tunes. 9 September, 2004 Joed Out - Weirder than Looney Tunes Powertools Records Taking your name from another bands song is one thing but then sounding like a photocopy of that band is taking things a bit far. You better have your game together if you are going to get past that one.
Surprisingly Joed Out do. This Auckland based band deliver up retro Flying Nun period early Verlaines from the at times frantic strumming style through to the whiney vocals. It’s so much like listening to The Verlaines it could be a tribute band. Just so happens I like The Verlaines and haven’t listened to them in ages. And this sounds good. The more you listen to this the better it gets. That’s often a good sign. You just have to get that other band out of your head.
There are some good songs here. What you get are jangling, chiming guitars, that on occasion crank up some real sonic intensity and white noise. I can only describe the vocals as old school Flying Nun whiney white boy style. Sure an old school indie flavour envelops this one but have a decent listen and a band with their own distinct presence is revealed. Flying Nun obsessive’s offshore are gonna love this. As for that other band, forget I even mentioned it.(7.5 out of 10) -Kerry Cooper
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