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Revision as of 13:55, 29 September 2009

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The Strange Boys and Girls Club is the debut album by the band The Strange Boys. It was released via In The Red Records on March 3, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK.

The album was initially recorded with labelmate Jay Reatard, however the band was unhappy with the takes recorded in the sessions with Jay, and subsequently rerecorded the album with Orville Neeley.[5][6] Ryan Sambol has stated that this was because the recording sessions with Reatard took place at a time when the songs were still 'new', and that he "hadn't really finished them."[6] Dusted magazine reported that the recordings with Neeley took place in a disused liquor store,[5] however, this was later discredited by Ryan Sambol in an interview with Paste Magazine. Sambol clarified that this was the case with an earlier release, recorded with Greg Ashley, not ...And Girls Club, the recording of which took place in Neeley's garage.[7][6]

The album was released to generally favourable reviews, attaining a score of 77% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.

Track Listing

All tracks written by Ryan Sambol, except where noted.

  1. "Woe is You and Me" - 2:13
  2. "They're Building the Death Camps" - 2:51
  3. "Should Have Shot Paul"1 - 1:55
  4. "MLKs"2 - 1:49
  5. "This Girl Taught Me a Dance" - 3:06
  6. "For Lack of a Better Face" - 3:15
  7. "Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up" - 2:09
  8. "No Way for a Slave to Behave" - 3:11 (Ryan Sambol, Shane Renfro)
  9. "Poem Party" - 1:53
  10. "To Turn a Tune or Two" - 2:25
  11. "Most Things" - 1:36
  12. "A Man You've Never Known" - 2:00
  13. "Then" - 2:11
  14. "Who Needs Who More" - 2:18
  15. "Probation Blues" - 2:14
  16. "Death and All the Rest" - 2:39 (Ryan Sambol, Shane Renfro)

Footnotes to Track Listing

  • 1^ Incorrectly listed in the album's liner notes as "Should of Shot Paul".
  • 2^ Acronym for 'Martin Luther Kings'. The Strange Boys released an EP entitled The Strange Boys Will Now Forever Be Known As The Martin Luther Kings in 2008, as Ryan Sambol intended to change the name of the band. Being outvoted by the other band members on the decision, he later chose to use the name for a country music project started with friend Shane Renfro[7], co-writer of tracks 8 and 16.

Personnel

  • Ryan Sambol: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica
  • Philip Sambol: Bass
  • Greg Enlow: Guitar
  • Matt Hammer: Drums
  • Orville Neeley: Piano

References

  1. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-strange-boys/10314
  2. ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13280-the-strange-boys-and-girls-club/
  3. ^ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/110070-the-strange-boys-the-strange-boys-and-girls-club-in-the-red/
  4. ^ http://www.tinymixtapes.com/The-Strange-Boys
  5. ^ a b http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/809
  6. ^ a b c http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid%3A653882
  7. ^ a b http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/05/getting-to-know-the-strange-boys.html
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