Same Rat, Different Hat

Jon_Evil — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:36:27 -0800

The debut record from Out of System Transfer, a neo-old-timey band who sing punk-influenced folk songs about the assassination of William McKinley, hitting cops in the head with a brick, and riding the subway. Their sound has been compared to the Holy Modal Rounders, Mojo Nixon, and Mischief Brew. With physical media sales becoming less viable, it made little sense to get CDs printed (plus, no one in the band even had a working CD player), but it also felt wrong to forego the great potential offered by album covers and liner notes, not to mention the feeling of having a tangible thing for fans to have. Thus, the record was released as a zine, (also bundled with the download as a pdf) with original artwork commissioned for each song by various Brooklyn-based artists.

The recordings were produced at Mama Coco's Funky Kitchen, a community and record label for weirdo musicians in Brooklyn.

By: this is a thing

this is a thing — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 17:02:51 -0800

That's some damn fine trombone playing. Thanks for sharing!

By: scruss

scruss — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 04:26:00 -0800

I shall alert Stampfel post-haste!

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 08:53:01 -0800

Delightful!

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Same Rat, Different Hat

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